Boss Chair byTobias Nitsche
German design graduate Tobias Nitsche has developed a chair with a seat and back moulded from lightweight 3D plywood.
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The moulded parts are made from thin plywood veneer that can be shaped when heated into tight curves to stiffen the material so additional bracing is not required.
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"More deformation means more stability in a chair with less material," explains Tobias Nitsche, who designed the chair during his studies at ECAL in Lausanne.
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Working with veneer specialists at German company, Danzer, he was able to explore forms that achieve the necessary rigidity without cracking the wood.
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Four CNC-milled wooden blocks join the legs to the seat and the back is attached using wooden dowels so only one material is required to produce the chair.
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"For me the challange was to find a language that translates the characteristics of the material into an object that is light, stable and visualises comfort," says Nietsche.
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The result is a chair suited to use in bars, restaurants or other venues where furniture is frequently moved around and stacked.
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Earlier this week we featured the rerelease of Arne Jacobsen's classic plywood Tongue chair, while Berlin's Eric and Johnny Design Studio showed a plywood chair with a structure inspired by I-beams at this year's imm Cologne.
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Here's a short description from the designer:
Boss is a plywood chair that combines traditional woodworking techniques with the use of 3d plywood.
I worked in cooperation with the German company Danzer who is producing the material. Using their technology gives the chance to construct a plywood chair with a more radical curvature.
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The thin plywood parts are stiffened by their three dimensional moulding. Four rods complete the construction.
Like that I designed a chair that is made only from wood and is at the same time light and stable. It's visual language has never been seen in wood before.