Faux Biophilia are proud to showcase their stunning, designer biophilic range of furniture pieces, blending form and function to offer aesthetically beautiful elements to uplift and enhance your living spaces. Whether indoor or outdoor, these pieces are inspired by nature, embracing our own biophilic tendencies, seeking to connect elements of the Earth, into the built environment. Whether recreating rock or working with natural materials such as timber or plant fibres, we strive for non-toxic and eco-friendly materials, providing a timeless, sophisticated look without the heavy weight of real stone. Adopting a vision of simplicity and the beauty of imperfection, we aspire to illuminate the wisdom of nature and evoke a divine awakening of the body, mind and spirit. As such, each piece is handmade and thoughtfully crated by skilled artisans, a testament to the natural world and to refined organic beauty!
The modern world requires us to spend a substantial amount of time in confined spaces, leaving us longing for connection with the natural elements. Incorporating biophilic design within your living spaces decreases stress,brings a sense of calmness and comfort , inviting a horizon where the human-made and nature coalesce.
... we do love things that bear the marks of grime, soot, and weather, and we love the colours and the sheen that call to mind the past that made them.” ― Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows.
The ancient Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi describes a way of understanding the world where the acceptance of transience and imperfection are valued. It finds and appreciates the beauty that is imperfect, impermanent and incomplete in nature. This results in characteristics like asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and an appreciation for the forces of nature that affect our tangible world. It values the impact of time on matter and the resulting unique aura that objects acquire by being worn out, broken and fixed over time. It sees beauty in the scars left by nature and is interested in the lifespan of matter itself and its poetic decay.
With a strong belief in the values of biophilic design and wabi-sabi aesthetic, Faux Biophilia aims to offer the ultimate in nature inspired pieces, using practical solutions. Whereas it would be impossible to bring the outside in, we recreate beautiful rock textures with eco-friendly materials and natural timbers. Each piece is handmade by skilled artisans and therefore no two will ever be absolutely identical, which only adds to their intrinsic charm.