Iron Logo

Leather Like Wood

Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers by Elena Tarabakina is a winner of the 2017 Iron A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design.

Leather Like Wood is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations.

Explore This Amazing Work

Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers by Elena Tarabakina Iron Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award Winner 2017

Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers

Elena is a footwear designer with an eye for sublime aesthetics and texture. She was inspired by the sheer quantity of waste materials in the studio and manufacturing process and through experimentation with leather offcuts has developed a new material, ‘leather like wood’, which can be used in a series of luxury applications from accessories and footwear to interiors.

Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers by Elena Tarabakina Iron Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award Winner 2017
Iron Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award Winner 2017 Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers
Leather Like Wood designed by Elena Tarabakina
Leather Like Wood - Iron Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award Winner
Elena Tarabakina's Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers
Iron Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award Winner 2017 Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers
Leather Like Wood designed by Elena Tarabakina
Leather Like Wood - Iron Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award Winner
Elena Tarabakina's Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers

Featured Design

Leather Like Wood by Elena Tarabakina

Core Functionality

Multifunctional containers


Iron Logo

Iron Winner

Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers

Leather Like Wood is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Leather Like Wood is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Leather Like Wood is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.


Winner Designer

Elena Tarabakina

Graduated in 2016, Elena is a Russian designer based in London. Her final collection of Fashion Artefacts exposes the interaction in between such controversial notions as luxury and refuse. Elena is successful footwear designer with an experience of leather manufacture process. The insight of the industry problem such as an enormous amount of leather waste influenced her collection. She was inspired by the sheer quantity of waste materials in the studio and manufacturing process and through experimentation with leather offcuts has developed a new material, ‘leather like wood’, which can be used in a series of luxury applications from accessories and footwear to interiors. Combined with other non-traditional materials of rubber, plastic and wood, Elena is demonstrating a feeling of desire and splendor that is possible to achieve through processes that are mindful of their environmental impacts.

View Winner Profile

Winner Client

Leather Like Wood

Leather Like Wood

A design studio concerned on making positive changes in the manufacture process through material research and development. By exploring alternative ways of material application studio develop treatment techniques which would be beneficial for the manufacturer, customer and environment.


Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers by Elena Tarabakina Iron Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award Winner 2017

Read The Inside Story

Discover in-depth story of the Leather Like Wood, a Multifunctional containers designed by the highly esteemed Elena Tarabakina, awarded with the very prestigious A' Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award. Explore more about the intricate details and the story behind this unique Multifunctional containers now.

Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers

Resources for Journalists

Press Kit Downloads

Download the comprehensive press kit for Leather Like Wood, including high-resolution images, press releases, and detailed work descriptions. Get all the essential materials you need to create compelling stories about the award-winning Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers.

Press Releases

Read the official press release announcing Leather Like Wood as a winner of the prestigious A' Design Award. The award-winner press release provides an overview of the Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers's unique features, innovation, and impact.

Media Showcase

Explore the media showcase dedicated to Leather Like Wood at Design|Newsroom, gain easy access to a wide range of media assets, including high-resolution images, videos, and additional resources related to the award-winning Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers.


Learn More

Discover the power of good design.

Learn More

Elevate Your Fine Art Brand with the A' Design Award

Gain Global Recognition, Boost Credibility, and Attract New Customers and Media to Your Fine Arts and Art Installation Design

  • Showcase your best fine arts and art installation design work to a global audience
  • Gain credibility and trust with prestigious awards
  • Benefit from extensive media coverage and exposure
  • Attract new customers and partners
  • Receive expert feedback and evaluation
Enter Your Fine Art Brand Now
Leather Like Wood, the brand behind Elena Tarabakina's award-winning work Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers, exemplifies the success that fine arts and art installation design brands can achieve through the A' Design Award. By winning the Iron A' Design Award, Leather Like Wood has demonstrated its commitment to good design, innovation, and creative excellence.
Leather Like Wood

"Leather Like Wood Multifunctional containers" - Iron A' Design Award Winner


Discover Now

Designer's Portfolio

Explore other works by Elena Tarabakina

Elena Tarabakina

Category Exploration

Explore Fine Art Award.

Fine Art Award

World's Best Designs

Explore the Wonderful World of A' Design Award

Discover World's Leading Designers, Star Architects, Greatest Innovators and Best Brands
making a positive impact with good design that benefit and advance society.

Good Design Deserves Great Recognition

Enter your work now for a chance to join the ranks of the World's Leading Brands, Designers and Architects.


Join A' Design Award

Feel Good with A' Design Award : It's completely FREE to sign up for an account, Without any obligations to upload a design or nominate a work. Uploading your work is FREE, and you keep your copyrights. Getting a Preliminary Score is FREE and confidential, with no obligations to nominate. If you decide to nominate, there's a one-time fee to have your work voted by grand jury panel. If you win, there are no contractually obliged "winner fees". The comprehensive A' Design Prize is provided FREE to winners!

Sign-Up for Free Now Discover A' Design Prize

Preliminary Deadline Ends in:

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds

Don't miss the opportunity to get a FREE Preliminary Score for your design!

Get Your Free Preliminary Score Now

Register now to receive:

  • Indicative and free preliminary scores
  • Additional jury feedback and suggestions
  • Opportunity to improve your presentation

The registration process is simple:

  1. Create a free account
  2. Upload your design for free
  3. Receive your Preliminary Score within a few days