itamar burstein: flex family

‘flex’ chair image © dafna grossman

in his ‘flex’ series, israeli designer itamar burstein creates furniture designs using a new technique to achieve curvature in wood. in contrast to traditional methods whereby wood is steamed, shaped in a mould and dried, burnstein uses a more simplified process.

he removes a core piece from the larger piece of wood. the two pieces are then glued together using pressure. in doing so, he reduces the amount of tools, energy and time taken by traditional production methods.

the project was done for VIA france as part of the annual design support program. it was showcased during maison & objet 2010 at VIA gallery, paris. the project will remain on display until march 7th, 2010.

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‘flex’ coathanger image © dafna grossman

image © dafna grossman