Sheets of wood veneer, before being bonded to form plywood. The press machine that turns a bundle of veneer sheets into the back panel for an Eames lounge. A pressure gauge on the machine. The sheets ...
When the Eames debuted their now-legendary shell chair in 1950, it became the first mass-produced plastic chair in the world. This wasn’t just an aesthetic icon—it was also a wonder of manufacturing ...
The acclaimed designer Werner Aisslinger and BASF have been showcasing the world’s first monobloc chair made of natural fibers at the Material Vision 2011, the trade exhibition on materials for ...