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New products take on modern African styling

Sketchbook -- Urban veld

-- Home Accents Today, 1/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Reconfigured African designs come off cool and contemporary, melding one part ethnic with four parts modern. The look's exotic landscape owes plenty to a rich, harmonious blend of natural materials and reclaimed woods, all formed to the beat of an organic, spare vision. Tribal motifs stir in spice, simmering with the heat of wild and untamed creativity. — Tracy Bulla

	DB Sources crafts an exotic mirror of bent and laminated coconut twigs, radiating outward to create sinuous, undulating curves ($2,500).
Pinewood cuts a contemporary groove with Palecek's Tribeca tables, topped with inlaid banana bark for a hint of spice ($398, set of two).
	Oriental Accent's evokes a timeless perspective with interlaced, eternal motifs ($112).
Rustic and contemporary converge in the Swerve handmade lanterns and votives from Tag with a brushed, antique bronze powder-coated finish ($17 to $48).
	Swirling disks reminiscent of organic forms float across Paramount Rugs' luminous Sabre design of Tibetan wool and silk ($7,599, 8x10).
Handcrafted of teak, the Footed Bajot from Eastern Breeze enhances the classic ethnic aesthetic by using distressed, reclaimed wood ($64).
	From Clayton Oxford Designs, cast stone impala skulls make the leap from safari to sculpture with penshell, lipp shell or hand-painted horns.
Patent pillows embrace the wild side with croc embossing from Thro, ratcheting up the style quotient a notch ($25 each).
	Padma's Plantation stool loads up on eco-friendly appeal with a plantation-grown hardwood frame and crocodile rattan seat, forming a rich texture of natural materials.

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