While America's furniture industry struggles to find a way to stay in step with other countries’ advances in "green design", one designer has capitalized on his European roots, and given America hope. A native of Antwerp, Belgium, Paul Delaisse has founded his designing career around nature and the ideas surrounding “green design”. Receiving his Master of Arts Degree from Belgium’s Royal Academy of Arts, Delaisse has dreamed, designed, and accomplished exquisite masterpieces. With his private pieces of various media circulating galleries in Europe and in High Point, NC, Delaisse's clear understanding of nature obviously provides him a source of inspiration. Often calling on reclaimed teak as his medium of choice, Delaisse's work demonstrates his ability to morph form, function, and natural materials to achieve an organically elegant element of design.

Recently, at the International Home Furnishings Market, Delaisse's collections made themselves available not only to designers expecting high-end, high-quality pieces, but also to men and women living everyday lives. By continually exploring elements of "green design", Delaisse confidently offers a fresh look to seemingly everyday pieces by implementing organic materials and presenting them in a beautiful manner.