Designers Linda Garland and John Hardy go back to the roots of our now everyday commodities and rediscover the properties of bamboo as a material for sustainable luxury.

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Bamboo fibres are uniquely flexible and shock-resistant. Years ago, it was used to build houses and bridges in Indonesia, but concrete eventually took over, despite Indonesia being a high-risk area for earthquakes and hence better suited for bamboo structures. Now, the designer Linda Garland, founder of the International Bamboo Foundation, and the jeweller John Hardy have made bamboo popular again by building sustainable luxury accommodations. Nature is no longer incompatible with luxury!

An excerpt from the documentary of NZZ Format "Bamboo". More from NZZ Format: https://www.youtube.com/user/NZZFormat