我們越了解木材獨特的特徵及其來源，我們就越好地了解它能為我們的日常生活帶來多少溫暖和美麗。每一件木質家具都是設計和紋理的獨特傑作，因為每一塊木材都有獨特的紋理模式。有幾種木材，它需要許多熱情和耐心來發現世界上所有的木材類型。
為了簡化，木材的分類一般分成兩大類；软木和硬木。
針葉樹通常是由針葉樹類產生而硬木木材來自有葉子的水果樹。
“如何知道它是否為軟木？”
SOFTWOOD松木是由针葉樹或常綠樹所產生。常綠樹並不像硬木那樣每年失去葉子，因為松樹有針葉而非葉子。松樹是快速生長的樹木，成熟過程可能需要20到30年。任何來自松树的木材都是開放粒狀。開放粒狀的意思是它不像硬木一樣耐久。一些軟木樹被用於製造紙張。紙張通常是用松木製成，松木是一種軟木。在家具製造中也使用了許多種類的軟木，包括松木。
“我如何知道它是不是硬木？”
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.
檢視我們的一些硬木木材產品如下：
實木腿的象椅
Dana Chair with solid beech frame
Hank 椅子配有橡木框架
