Making beautiful, affordable design available to the masses was a central tenet of mid-century modernism–one that never would’ve been possible if not for the advent of a key material: plywood. That ...
The Isokon Furniture Company is reissuing a bent plywood armchair designed by Marcel Breuer 80 years ago. Featuring simple storage spaces within its bent plywood arms, the chair capitalized on a then ...
East London design studio Blond has offered a window into the process behind its “Peel Chair”, which sees a single piece of plywood transformed into a Marcel Breuer-inspired seat. The studio, led by ...
In the desert of West Texas lies Marfa, a picturesque town dedicated to the design style and legacy of modern artist Donald Judd. While visiting last summer, I fell in love with the minimal, ...
For a long time, Ken Landauer made furniture for the 1 percent: one-of-a-kind, bespoke pieces with price tags to match. Then Occupy Wall Street happened, and the Brooklyn-based artist and woodworker ...
The model is available in three different versions. It can either be fully upholstered, feature only an upholstered seat or be finished in plain plywood. Designed for both domestic and commercial ...
Moulded plywood? How innovative is that? Very. It may not seem revolutionary today but when these chairs were produced, contours on both seat and back-rest panels made sitting for long periods much ...
In the middle of the last century, design pioneers like Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames began experimenting with bent plywood. By laminating thin veneers of wood, they were able to make organic ...