LIFE

Nature-inspired products for the home

Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 21/02/2014

» A local enterprise that started out manufacturing commercial plastics has evolved into Qualy Design, a firm that has embraced tree-hugging principles to make a range of imaginative products for the home, from a shoe-horn that resembles a sexy, high-heeled vinyl boot and an umbrella rack that was clearly inspired by the spatial arrangement of the roots of a water lotus to attractive chopping boards, one decorated with a lettuce print, another with an image suggesting the marbling — layers of fat — found in cuts of raw meat.