Press

Chesapeake Home
July 30, 2009
Eco-Friendly Home Products
“Some of the most notable items I found include a bamboo dining table and chairs by Maria Yee... The dining set was unbelievable. I wanted to buy it off the showroom floor”

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
May 19, 2009
We Spotted It
“Fresh from the spring High Point Furniture Market: Maria Yee's Shasta Sideboard; its removable shelves, wire ports and ventilated back panel allow the piece to double as a media cabinet.”

San Jose Mercury News
April 1, 2009
SC41 Opens Today After Fire Damage
“He carries brands with wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council -- some by local designer Maria Yee -- displayed against walls painted cinnamon and plum.”

Steamboat Magazine
March 4, 2009
Maria Yee Designs Arrive at David Chase
“Known for her signature designs, Maria Yee is also the recipient of the Forest Stewardship Certification, earned for the highest ecological standards within the furniture industry.”

WNC Home
March 2009
Green Revival
“Each item in the showroom is chosen for its sustainable status, be it a modern Maria Yee-designed desk crafted with Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood...”

Design NJ
February/March 2009
Stylish Simplicity
“Counter stools from Maria Yee in Santa Cruz, California.”

Home Improvement
January, 2009
Green and Gorgeous
“This unique Metro Circular cocktail table is made from Maria Yee's BambooTimbre™, a rapidly renewable material stronger than steel and harder than red oak.”

Houston Chronicle
December 12, 2008
Eco-Friendly Bamboo
“The Shasta Cocktail Table by Maria Yee uses RidgeBamboo™, in which the surface is distressed to give color and depth.”

San Jose Mercury News
November 8, 2008
Santa Cruz furniture maker helps families in need
“Working with the Santa Cruz County Volunteer Center’s ‘Adopt a Fire Family’ program, Yee’s company is donating $80,000 in eco-friendly furniture to 21 families who lost just about everything and are trying to rebuild.”

Santa Cruz Sentinel
November 7, 2008
Furniture company helps fire victims rebuild
“Caroline and her family are one of the 21 families displaced by three local wildfires this summer who received donated furniture from local designer Maria Yee on Wednesday.”

San Jose Mercury News
November 7, 2008
Picking up the pieces, wildfire victims start fresh
“In July, Maria Yee Inc. began organizing the donation of more than $80,000 in home furnishings to victims left homeless by wildfires.”

Interior Design
October 2008
Preserve & Protect
“As a 15-year old during China’s Cultural Revolution, Maria Yee watched her homeland destroy its historic treasures. The ruinous events sparked a passion in Yee to preserve the 7,000-year-old tradition of wood joinery… Safeguarding methodology was Yee’s initial ambition, but environmental preservation just might be her most lasting legacy.”

Furniture Today
September 15, 2008
Going green is the next luxury
“’My goal is to help proliferate a philosophy that beautiful design and sustainable design can and should be mutually inclusive,’ said EcoLuxury furniture designer Maria Yee.”

Furniture Style
July 16, 2008
Modern furniture maker Maria Yee receives third-party certification for quality
"To receive the certification, Maria Yee, which designs its modern furniture in California and manufactures it in China, has consistent, high-quality production."

Green Lodging News
July 8, 2008
Maria Yee Celebrates First Shipment of FSC-Certified Products
"Environmentally-conscious furniture design company Maria Yee, Inc. marked its first shipment of select products made with 100 percent Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified hardwood last month."

Log Home Design
July 2008
Take a Seat
"Equal parts art and furniture, the Montecito Barrel Chair from furniture designer Maria Yee has clean lines that lend a contemporary look and feel."

Furniture Today
June 30, 2008
Maria Yee Ships First 100% FSC-Certified Product
"Furniture manufacturer Maria Yee Inc. said it shipped its first 100% Forest Stewardship Council-certified hardwood home furnishings this month."

Santa Cruz Sentinel
June 28, 2008
Furniture Maker Certified by FSC
"Equal parts art and furniture, the Montecito Barrel Chair from furniture designer Maria Yee has clean lines that lend a contemporary look and feel."

Home Furnishings Business
June 27, 2008
Maria Yee Celebrates FSC-Certified Shipment
"Maria Yee, a manufacturer of environmentally conscious furniture based in Santa Cruz, Calif., announced that it recently made its first shipment of select products composed entirely of hardwood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council."

Home Magazine
June 27, 2008
Fresh Finds: Hot new must-haves for your home
June 27, 2008

Home&Design
Spring 2008
Design Limelight
"Maria Yee, an eco-friendly manufacturer, has introduced the contemporary waif-like Laguna Swoop Chair. A silhouette that is an art form, it echoes a type of contemporary from yesteryear, but is very today."

Calgary Hearald
April 11, 2008
Spring Gleaning
"Among the unique offerings: these side tables by Maria Yee. Made out of bamboo, a material which is 30-percent harder than most hardwood, they're environmentally friendly and well-suited to our dry climate."

Coastal Carolina
March/April 2008
Green is the New Beige
"The Sukiya 82-inch media cabinet by Maria Yee made of renewable BambooTimbre as an alternative to solid hardwood."

Santa Cruz Sentinel
March 25, 2008
Furniture retailer offers sustainable style
"So far, Baetge has found only one local green furniture designer - Maria Yee, who developed BambooTimbre, a building material made from bamboo."

Newsday
March 19, 2008
Green living: an eco-friendly home as a lifestyle
"The furniture is from Maria Yee, Who uses only renewable natural resources and other eco-friendly materials, including low solvent finishes."

Home Furnishings Business
February 1, 2008
What's Hot: latest furniture trends
"Maria Yee Metro Drum Table: 'It always sells well. It can be used as a end table, a coffee table or an occasional table. It's unique with its construction of BambooTimbre..."

New England Home
January/February, 2008
Design Discoveries: New in Bamboo
"The Metro Cone dining table by designer Maria Yee employs her BambooTimbre material, made by layering and bonding flattened bamboo stalks to create boards that Yee says exceed steel in tensile strength while remaining pliable."

Home Lighting and Accessories
December 2007
Illuminating Style
"(Maria Yee) recently introduced its V1(TM) vegetable-tanned leather from Europe, a process in which vegetable tannin is extracted from plant materials to convert rawhide into leather. Its use eliminates heavy metals - such as chromium - typically employed in the tanning process."

LA Daily News
November 13, 2007
The Couch is Greener on the Other Side
"Walk into Crate & Barrel today, and you'll see Maria Yee's moderately priced Kyoto collection made from thin slices of bamboo pressed into the company's patented BambooTimbre, which is then precision cut and assembled into furniture using the ancient Chinese process of joinery, eliminating the need for nails or screws."

Furniture Today
October 29, 2007
Trucking Costs on Maria Yee Bamboo Line to Drop 40%
"Motor freight group agrees to reclassify (BambooTimbre) product effective Dec. 22."

Sunset Magazine
October 2007
Ultimate Sierra Retreat: Lake Tahoe Idea House
"Bringing nature into our homes is one of the best things about living in the West. The Sunset Lake Tahoe Idea House… expresses that concept everything… (Included are) Montecito (dining) chairs from Maria Yee; BambooTimbre Mondo bed from Maria Yee; La Jolla bed from Maria Yee (among others).”

Santa Cruz Sentinel
September 24, 2007
Yee's Features Leather Without Metals
"(Maria) Yee uses vegetable tannin, extracted from natural plant materials, to convert rawhide into leather, eliminating heavy metals, such as chromium, commonly used in tanning."

Orlando Sentinel
September 9, 2007
But, Honey, I LOVE This Chair!
"Maria Yee's Ojai recliner is precisely fitted together so no nails or screws are needed. Its full-grain leather is dyed to permeate the hide."

Furniture Today; Green
August 2007
The Green Scene
"This media cabinet from Maria Yee features BambooTimbre, made from 100 percent Moso, one of the finest bamboo species. BambooTimbre qualifies as a rapidly renewable material, according to the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Rating System."

New York Times
July 7, 2007
How Should I Furnish an Entrance Hall?
"Maria Yee, a design company in Santa Cruz, Calif., makes a two-drawer altar table called Ming..."