More from Ontwerpduo: Nathan Wierink exhibited a table with decorative joints at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation show as part of Dutch Design Week, which ended yesterday.
The mahogany table is manufactured using a CNC router, which allows more complex joints to be made than are possible with traditional hand tools.
“In the past the joinery was all made by hand,” explains Wierink. “For this it was kept relatively simple. With the present day machines it is possible to make these joints faster and more accurate.”
See more from the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation show in our previous story. More from Ontwerpduo here.
Here’s some text from Ontwerpduo:
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Designer: Nathan Wierink
Department: Man & Activity
Project: Joints
Wood joinery is functional. In the past the joinery was all made by hand. For this it was kept relatively simple. With the present day machines it is possible to make these joints faster and more accurate. Joinery made in this way is decorative as well as functional.
With this in mind there were several ways to go. The idea lends itself for different options such as child furniture with the joinery being a story, a more technical approach where the joint itself is the instruction manual. Or a subtle visual joy where the joints are beautiful and functional.
The result is a desk completely made with a CNC Router. With the joints as the decorative element in it. The desk is designed to show the joinery and give it prominent place, it is an example of how this idea of joinery can be implemented in many different ways.
Materials: mahogany
Dimensions: 74cm x 120cm x 60cm (h x w x d)
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Posted by Rose Etherington
October 27th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
beautiful details.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Awesome use of CNC!
October 27th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Impressive stuff, Hope there is more to come !! Excellent.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
curious detailed, quite elaborated and funny.
makes it simple while overlooking but interesting when paying attention.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
this is FANTASTIC! beautiful work. lets see more…otherwise im stealing the idea!
October 27th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
this useful object is exceedingly satisfying.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:03 am
BEEEEAAAAUUUUTIFUULLLLLL!
love the detailing. i want one.
its all about the details people!
October 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
getting better this dezeen.. good design. Yes DESIGN….
October 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
This is inefficient and not very beautiful at all. look at the piece as a whole. it is awkward and immature
October 28th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
errr…. i think quality of joinery and wood detailing, including the way legs meet top table surface, is outstanding.
immature/awkward is a little undeserved. Maybe it needs more work and dvelopment, perhaps the legs need a bit more width to them, but I think its a great concept and use of CNC.
As for the ineficiency remark - a few extra joint details is hardly going to make a difference -think about how much energy is used in laser cutting/processing and surface treating aluminium. Not to mention getting the alu out of the rock in the first place…
get some perspective
October 28th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
iamreply = hater
October 28th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
agreed, it is all about the details. creative and unique!
October 29th, 2008 at 9:35 am
hater = passionate
October 29th, 2008 at 11:26 am
it’s a brilliant idea, but i tend to agree with iamreply, the overall formal language is very crude.
i would suggest taking the idea of CNC cut joinery to the max, and compose all surfaces like a jigsaw puzzle.
October 29th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
beautiful craftsmanship! I love when a man can control a robot to give him precisely what he wants, well done!
November 1st, 2008 at 7:24 pm
I hope this inspires all the cabinetmakers of the world to see that a CNC can actually let you do classy stuff, and not just “futuristic” furniture
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:41 am
So cute!
November 13th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Hate to be a downer but the main reason why decorative wood joinery (yep it’s been around for a while now) isn’t cut like this is that wood moves in different directions depending on hygrometric variations. In my professional opinion. it does look cute, but my architectural woodworking and CNC experience tells me this table wont be around in two years as a table form, maybe as a pile of cool dutch looking cnc milled planks, so Jose, you are so right when you say this isn’t futuristic, cuz it got no future.
December 18th, 2008 at 5:38 am
Those joints might look a little funny when the wood starts to move during weather changes.
but a great start to a fantastic idea.
April 26th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Joints madden by masters. Nothing will happen during weather changes.