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What are Tylko shelves made of?

the plywood used to produce the tylko shelf is made from slow-growth wood from finland's birch forests – the material so strong and durable that it can easily outlive the trees planted to replace it.

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innovative warsaw-based start-up tylko describe themselves as ‘a new generation responsive design company’, founded by five entrepreneurial spirits from differing backgrounds in architecture, parametric design, branding and business development. i first came across them during their launch at the london design festival in 2015 and was immediately drawn to their clean aesthetic and refreshingly inclusive attitude to design, which includes a wonderful shelving system that can be perfectly adjusted to suit even the most awkward of spaces or display paraphernalia. what’s most exciting about their shelving systems is that anyone can become a designer; by utilising the latest technologies tylko have created an entire process that requires no prior design experience but instead the intimate knowledge of your own home and its contents that only you have, allowing you to create a shelving system built entirely to your own needs and requirements. every home is different. at tylko, we believe that yours should be filled with perfect-fit, functional furniture that happens to look great. you can design your shelving system either through the website or via their mobile app, which offers parametric design functionalities and augmented reality so you can visualise the piece in your own home. in case you’re worried that your lack of design credentials might result in the creation of a less than perfectly functional bookcase, never fear; although each shelf can be tailored in height, width and style, tylko’s designs have been expertly built around the dimensions of common household items, using the golden rules of design for the perfect proportions:

19cm for that precious photo of your grandmother

26cm for every book and magazine you love

38cm for the vinyl records you can’t live without

the plywood used to produce the tylko shelf is made from slow-growth wood from finland’s birch forests – the material so strong and durable that it can easily outlive the trees planted to replace it. as you build your units you can clearly see the cost of the shelving system increasing or decreasing as you change the height and width of your desired configuration. you also have the option of 3 different colourways – black, white or grey – made from premium strength 18mm finnish birch plywood from fsc certified suppliers. then once you’re set on your design, all you have to do is hit confirm and production files are automatically generated to be passed on to the manufacturer – neat, huh? as units are being built to order, delivery generally takes around 4-7 weeks, and are delivered directly into the room you want to assemble the piece. each shelf has invisible, built-in colour coded connectors for fast and easy assembly that doesn’t require advanced diy skills, or the decoding of mind-boggling sketched instructions à la other better-known flat-pack companies..

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Whats the difference between a silk and a barrister?

A Silk or a Queen's Counsel is an eminent lawyer usually a barrister who is appointed by the Queen to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific and means a "Senior Counsel" or "Senior Advocate".

A Silk or a Queen's Counsel is an eminent lawyer usually a barrister who is appointed by the Queen to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific and means a "Senior Counsel" or "Senior Advocate". Queen's Counsel is a status, conferred by the Crown, which is recognised by courts.

Members have the privilege of sitting within the Bar of court.

As members can wear silk gowns of a particular design, the award of Queen's Counsel is known informally as taking silk, and hence QCs are often colloquially called silks. Appointments are made from within the legal profession on the basis of merit rather than a particular level of experience. However, successful applicants tend to be barristers, or (in Scotland) advocates with 15 years of experience or more. Expert employment barrister Nick Singer explains what a silk is in the English legal system. Hello. my name is Mark Ferron and if you would like to know what a silk is in the English legal system, then watch this short video and expert barrister Nick Singer will explain. A silk also known as a QC is a very senior barrister and it's basically when you've got to a senior part of your career you've done a lot of very big cases perhaps gone to the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court you've got to the position where you can apply to a committee and sort of get this stamp to say that you are a very very senior, very very high-quality barrister and as I say if you apply to the committee and you're awarded it then you become as silk or a QC.

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