Seating That

Stands a

Chance

Botanist cocktail table designed by Claude Zellwegger provides a great seating solution for holiday guests

Botanist benches make seating simple and modern with stunning finishes

Botanist works well with any color scheme and in any event setting

As we quickly approach another Thanksgiving, fond memories of holidays past relive in our minds and hearts.  With friends and family gathered around a table setting anxious to feast and enjoy time together, an atmosphere of gratitude lingers in the air.  There is no better time of year to voice your appreciation to those who have given you reason to succeed in life. 

The holidays are perfect opportunities to host gatherings.  After drinking a hot cup of cocoa or wassail, your guest will search for a place to chat with others.  Why not give your special guests something special to talk about?  Botanist benches are perfect conversation pieces for these settings and are available in a variety of beautiful colors.  Need a place to rest a mug or cocktail glass?  We have just what you need.  Botanist end tables and cocktail tables are available to coordinate with your bench selection. 

Your holiday can be complete with seating and tables that stand a chance against the expected spill.  With a durable powder coat finish, you will never have to worry about your Botanist pieces giving in to visitors’ use.  The painted aluminum surface can be treated like any other painted metal surface.  Just clean your Botanist bench, end table, or cocktail table with mild soap and water with a gentle rinse to remove residue.  Too bad the rest of your holiday preparation isn’t as simple, right? 

During this time of year, as you express your gratitude to your friends and loved ones, remember that the most sincere appreciation you can show comes through your deeds.  From all of us here at Botanist, we wish you and yours a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday season.  

Salvaged Brick

Does the Trick

Find beauty in reused bricks to save you cost without sacrificing aesthetic value

Are you looking for an affordable green material to incorporate into a project?  Salvaged brick offers a vintage look with a variety of colors and thicknesses available.  These bricks are reclaimed from demolished buildings to be recycled into new construction.  If you love the exposed industrial look then bricks would be a great solution for an accent wall in apartment loft. 

Reclaimed bricks are also great to use for building pathways, stairs, or stepping stones in a garden.  Salvaged brick has benefited from the design industry’s shift toward green building materials.  Brick often holds historical value as well as the beauty of natural clay that has aged over time.  The contrast between a sleek, modern Botanist end table, cocktail table, or bench against a brick backdrop would provide a unique tactile interest. 

If you have a project you have been dreaming of, start collecting available and reclaimed materials for a cost-effective way to create your vision.  Botanist believes in providing you with knowledge about available sustainable products to uphold our mission to leave our earth better than we found it.

Design That

Sets the

World Free

“This design is an expression of the freedom of flight.  The shapes are bimorphic and abstract - birds, but not birds.  They scatter across the curved surfaces like leaves blown by the breeze, random, chaotic, joyful.” 

-Margo Chase

Botanist Designer, Margo Chase
 
“Flight” End Table

Cocktail Table

Bench

 Have you ever asked yourself what it would feel like to fly, without the aid of anything other than your body?  This seems an impossibility, especially with a knowledge of the scientific forces of the universe.  We are grounded by gravity but seek an elevated view.  Recognized graphic designer Margo Chase shares her feelings about this subject in her “Flight” series for Botanist.  In relation to her inspiration, she says:  “I recently learned to fly.  Flying a small plane is a study of contradictions, it is both an expression of freedom and an acknowledgment of man’s lack of freedom.”

This thoughtful illustration of Margo’s experience helps us imagine the daily physical life of a bird.  Margo further states that that, “even the best airplane can only approximate the experience a bird must have.  Knowing instinctively how to fly from soon after birth, to them, the sky must feel like home.”

Having said this, Botanist believes in the ability of every human being to spread forth his or her wings in attempt to attain a greater destiny and purpose, despite the challenges that always face those who seek after their dreams.  Botanist promotes the cause of designers and foundations alike who have risen to a potential to positively influence the world and set it free.  

 
Margo signing an authentic stainless steel badge for her “Flight” series at the Botanist launch at the Chelsea Museum in New York City

Embracing the

Great

Outdoors 

The Sierra Club works to preserve our open spaces, protect wilderness and endangered species, and provide outdoor programs and education

As we witness the beautiful evolution of seasons from summer to fall, our sights turn outward to behold nature’s canvas.  Margo Chase has this to say about her natural color selections for the “Flight” series:  “The colors are earth tones, the color of plains, forests and deserts, the color of the land beneath the sky and the cycle of the seasons.”  To place an end table, cocktail table, or bench from this series in any space is to embrace our earth’s landscape through all times of the year.   

The Sierra Club shares Margo’s appreciation and passion for nature.  As one of America’s oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organizations, Sierra Club works together with 1.3 million others to protect our communities and our planet.  117 years worth of dedicated service demonstrates responsible stewardship over the earth’s ecosystems and resources.  Not only does Sierra Club maintain a goal for all to explore, enjoy, and protect the planet, they are working to educate and enlist humanity to restore the quality of the natural and human environment.  Botanist is proud to support this worthy cause as we maintain the same vision to sustain our most precious treasures available.

While the Thanksgiving season is quickly approaching, our hearts and minds are filled with gratitude as we acknowledge the beauty of our earth and all creatures living in it.  If you are looking for more ways to show your gratitude in an environmentally conscious way, read on.  The “Flight” series by Margo Chase donates funds to the Sierra Club.  By purchasing an end table, cocktail table or bench in Margo’s series you vicariously support support the Sierra Club in their work to make it possible for everyone to enjoy the freedom of the natural world.