Contemporary Wood Burners

Wood stoves may look identical from the outside, but a closer inspection reveals important changes that improve efficiency and clean-air emissions. This is good news for homeowners.

Traditional open fires release carcinogenic particles into the atmosphere. Upgrade to an Ecodesign or Defra exempted shed wood burner stove so that you can reduce harmful particles.

Futura

The Stovax Futura 5 woodburning and multifuel stove is an Eco-design Plus ready, DEFRA exempt for Smoke Control Areas stove. The stove has large windows for viewing and an elegant stainless steel air control. This modern design is ideal for traditional and modern homes alike. It also has a state-of-the art convector heat system, which includes heat shields that maximize the amount of heat directed back into the room, and a short distance to combustibles for optimum efficiency.

The name Futura refers to its geometric sans serif designs low contrast and even width strokes. The font was created by Paul Renner and released commercially in 1927. It was an immediate success and soon found its way into magazines, newspapers and books, and also on posters and logos of many large corporations.

Like all fonts, Futura has evolved over the years as styles of typography have changed. The font's spacing and letter forms have changed over time, but its overall style hasn't. The font has also been adapted to work well with different languages. The addition of a Latin alphabet made it more versatile. Since then, Contemporary Wood Burners numerous type foundries have revised and improved the design.

Futura is a font that was inspired by the Art Deco style. Its simple lines and smooth edges make it easy to read and easy to see. its retro-futuristic style is evident in the way it was used in 2001: A Space Odyssey as well as for the plaque left by the Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon.

Its legibility and small wood burner simplicity lent it to advertising, as well as editorial design. Its use in these two areas contributed to its success. It has become one the most popular fonts in the past 100 years since its launch. Its popularity inspired other designers to create similar fonts and it's one of the most used fonts in the world to this day.

The font's clean lines and geometric forms have inspired a new generation of artists. Shepard Fairey and Jenny Holzer both feminist artists have used it in their work. In the 1960s & 1970s, it became the most popular font for political protest art because it was seen as embodying the concept of progress and modernism.

In the 1980s fashion for high society and the formal side of life. It first appeared as a weekly paper and then became a monthly publication and then an annual publication in 1909. Conde Nast bought the magazine in 1916 and transformed it into an influential fashion bible for women.

The Vogue of today is aware of where it stands in the world and is able to engage its readers by writing articles that address social and political issues that interest the reader. For instance, British Vogue included NHS workers on its cover during the pandemic in 2022.

Yale digital humanists and researchers are diving into the rich digital record of Vogue using a program dubbed Bookworm that is similar to Google Ngrams. It compares words like "frock" or "dress" that were used in the magazine over time and by different editors. The results allow researchers to observe the ways in which cultural norms and ideas have changed with the changing usage of words.

Studio

Stovax Studio stoves are freestanding wood burner models that provide the benefits of inset second hand wood burner burning stoves but in a separate style. This stunning range is designed with attractive widescreen flame visuals which can be enhanced by a variety of styles and frames to create a modern living space that is a statement. All models are supplied with Stovax's highly advanced Cleanburn combustion systems, which direct three types of air into the glass fronted firebox to deliver high efficiency in heating, superior flame control and spectacular widescreen views of the flames.

The Studio Air 1 freestanding woodburning stove can be mounted to the hearth or mounted on a Studio Bench, and the Studio Air 2 offers a separate air kit that can be used to reduce minimum distances to combustibles in Smoke Control Areas. Both models can be combined with various heat shields that are highly efficient to decrease clearance requirements and make a dramatic design statement.