IDS Vancouver - Interior Design Show

SEPTEMBER 25-28, 2025

Vancouver Convention Centre West

Learning To Be

by Brent Comber

“Learning to Be”, highlights 3 trees salvaged from the Urban Landscape, upended and slightly animated to create a sense of movement and raise the possibility that a plant can transform into something completely different.

These creatures make us wonder how little we understand nature and how most of us believe nature revolves around us.

How do you feel when you walk in a forest? Do you feel connected to something larger or like a visitor?

We are only now beginning to learn about the intricacies of trees. The latest research confirms that trees are far more alert, social, sophisticated, and even intelligent than we originally thought. There is now a substantial body of evidence suggesting trees of the same species are communal and interdependent with each other.

Trees being neighborly, create an environment that allows them to live longer and healthier. Does this not seem like a simple solution?