Designed by Brooklyn-based wood-magicians Uhuru, Aellon’s inaugural sustainable-furniture collection, which will hit stores in August, was inspired by something of a detour. On a scouting trip in Indonesia, co-founder and CEO Daniel Husserl took a surfing trip to the island of Sumba, where he bought a shipwrecked, 61-foot-long fishing boat called Grace. Once shipped back to the wood shop in Brooklyn, Uhuru’s Jason Horvath and Bill Hilgendorf discovered that Grace was made of a now-threatened species of wood from the Kalimantan rain forest used for boatbuilding 45 years ago. For its new collection, the company is using Grace. in addition to reclaimed and harvested teak and mahogany. Here, the Digby Beam table is made from reclaimed structural beams of Grace’s hull, framed by inset blackened metal strapping. Photo: Courtesy of Michael Perry
The Wright X Back Chair is made from sustainable mahogany and would make a great dining or office chair. Photo: Courtesy of Michael Perry
The Lunar Console, designed by Walk The Plank, is an exceptionally elegant minimalist table made of whitewashed reclaimed teak with a white-powder-coated base. When you look at it from the side, it practically disappears. Photo: Courtesy of Michael Perry
Lief End Table and Lief Stool are sturdy pieces made from Grace’s left over wood and hand-carved by local artisans in Java. Photo: Courtesy of Michael Perry
