Featuring traditional Japanese okuriari joinery used in beams and lintels, a concept Toyota car will make a first appearance at the Milan Design Week in April. The Setsuna electric powered model, built like a boat, was built with an assist from Sumitomo Forestry, parent of Canyon Creek Cabinets.

If you want to generalize about trees of the genus Taxodium, think impressive size and longevity. Members of this diverse group include such behemoths as the redwood, the giant sequoia, Japanese cedar, Chinese fir and one of the biggest conifers of the eastern United States—the bald cypress.