I Heart Plywood January 4th, 2008
I’d just like to say that I Heart Plywood. Not so much in an “I Love Lamp” sort of way, because that would just be weird. It’s more of an appreciation for the forms that modern plywood molding techniques allow. I’m thinking this probably goes back to my skateboarding days when you would spend time inspecting the uniques curves and contours of the board, only to then take it outside and beat it into oblivion.The photo above (series here) is of a pretty sweet “overlap” table designed by Eric Pfeiffer that I got for Christmas (and am actually using as I write this). Bent plywood furniture has been around for some time though, the Eames were some of the first designers to fully utilize the plywood molding techniques that were available to them in the 1940’s-60’s and began to push the envelope creating iconic designs that are still popular today. They even managed to create a very nice plywood elephant. Furniture designers all around the world continue to push this medium creating striking forms with more and more innovative uses.I tell you what though, the folks at SKURNITURE (Skateboard+Furniture=Skurniture) really got it right.
