Loop Chairs
Seats made with Standard Plywood (front) and Danzer 3D Veneer (back), 2017
Seats for the Loop Chair, designed by Claus Breinholt
Manufactured by Infiniti by OMP Group
Vinterio walnut-faced plywood (front); Vinterio walnut-faced plywood made with Danzer 3D veneer (back)
As the broken seat here demonstrates, standard plywood cannot be moulded in more than one direction without the veneer cracking. To solve this problem, the company Danzer makes regular cuts across each sheet of their veneer. When layered together, these form a plywood that can be curved in three dimensions. It gives a previously unachieveable degree of flexibility.
[V&A]
Plywood: Material of the Modern World
(July to November 2017)
Plywood is made by gluing together thin sheets of wood called veneers, with the grain of each sheet running in an alternate direction. This creates a material that is stronger and more flexible than solid wood. The technique has been around for a long time – as early as 2600 BC in ancient Egypt – but it was not until the 1850s that plywood started to be used on an industrial scale.
Featuring groundbreaking pieces by Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer and Charles and Ray Eames, alongside an incredible range of objects from planes to skateboards, this exhibition told the story of how this often-overlooked material made the modern world.
[V&A]
Loop Chairs
Seats made with Standard Plywood (front) and Danzer 3D Veneer (back), 2017
Seats for the Loop Chair, designed by Claus Breinholt
Manufactured by Infiniti by OMP Group
Vinterio walnut-faced plywood (front); Vinterio walnut-faced plywood made with Danzer 3D veneer (back)
As the broken seat here demonstrates, standard plywood cannot be moulded in more than one direction without the veneer cracking. To solve this problem, the company Danzer makes regular cuts across each sheet of their veneer. When layered together, these form a plywood that can be curved in three dimensions. It gives a previously unachieveable degree of flexibility.
[V&A]
Plywood: Material of the Modern World
(July to November 2017)
Plywood is made by gluing together thin sheets of wood called veneers, with the grain of each sheet running in an alternate direction. This creates a material that is stronger and more flexible than solid wood. The technique has been around for a long time – as early as 2600 BC in ancient Egypt – but it was not until the 1850s that plywood started to be used on an industrial scale.
Featuring groundbreaking pieces by Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer and Charles and Ray Eames, alongside an incredible range of objects from planes to skateboards, this exhibition told the story of how this often-overlooked material made the modern world.
[V&A]