我们越了解木材的独特特性及其来源，就能越好地理解它能为我们的日常生活带来多少温暖和美丽。每一件木质家具都是设计和纹理的独特杰作，因为每一块木材都有独特的纹理图案。有几种类型的木材，需要极大的热情和耐心去发现世界上所有的木材类型。
To simplify it, the classification of wood is generally divided into two groups;softwoodandhardwood.
Softwoodis commonly produced by cone-bearing trees whilehardwoodis wood from leaf-bearing trees.
“How do I know if it is Softwood?”
SOFTWOOD是由针叶树或常绿树制成的。常绿树不像硬木那样每年都会落叶，因为针叶树有针叶而不是叶子。针叶树是生长速度较快的树木，需要20到30年才能成熟。来自针叶树的任何木材都是开放纹理的。开放纹理意味着它不像硬木那样耐用。一些软木树用于造纸。纸通常是由松木制成的，松木是一种软木。还有许多种类的软木用于家具生产，包括松木。
“How do I know if it is Hardwood?”
硬木is mainly produced from low growing trees. Hardwood timber is close-grained, therefore is best suited to make furniture. Close-grained wood is known to be strong and does not easily split. Hardwood trees can also take up to 100 years to fully mature. It’s no wonder the price of hardwood timber in the market is expensive! As we can see, there are furniture industries that use hardwood as their base. In KIAN, we commonly use hard wood to make our furniture i.e ash, beech, oak, balau, rubberwood and nyatoh. In fact, KIAN first began manufacturing tabletops using rubberwood. Rubberwood is known as an environmentally friendly and inexpensive choice of wood as it makes use of rubber trees that have already served its useful function of producing latex.
查看我们的一些硬木木材产品：
橡木腿的Gajah椅
桦木框架的Dana椅
Hank Chair with rubberwood frame
