“It’s no surprise to learn that hardwood furniture factories aren’t the most sustainable of operations. But it is a shock to hear just how wasteful. According to two students at London’s Royal College of Art, as much as 80% of the timber used in the average […]
Video production by: New Document / Gwenael LEWIS Sound Track: What I want (instrumental) / Another Cynthia Moooi products: Smoke Chair by Maarten Baas bit.ly/wv50Bo How the beauty and the character of burned wood is captured in Smoke Chair? Smoke chair latest video reveals the […]
check out the process behind whyrymer furniture collection from designer brandon Morrison
assembly, casting, Design process, fabric, furniture, handmade, industrial, material, metal, plastic, process, Product, steel
“The process is as important as the results: It’s the individual employees on the line that are suggesting these improvements. At Herman Miller, they average 1,200 “plan-do-check acts”–that is, little proposed changes to the assembly process–ever year. “The biggest thing is to empower people to […]
Iconic Thonet Number 14 , process and full story of an historic product also known as the bistro chair that has become one of the best-selling chairs ever. made.
On the occasion of the Vienna Design Week 2011 the Neue Wiener Werkstätte will be showing an installation featuring the M3 Chair developed specifically for this exhibition by Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner. This unique object will be juxtaposed with the mass-produced FX10 Lounge Chair, an […]
Preview of an upcoming short film documenting the making of the Atomik Series chair by designer Brandon Morrison for whyrHymer.
assembly, bending, cutting, forming, furniture, handmade, material, process, Product, wood, wood laminating
Deep in the heart of the Whakatu Industrial Park, Hastings, New Zealand, a workshop is busily in action, creating production designs and one-off sculptures. This film by Davide Calafa shows a day in the life of the DT workshop.
assembly, casting, forming, furniture, handmade, leather, material, metal, process, Product, steel, wood
Charles & Ray Eames Lounge assembly, advertising and First appearance on TV .