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After the successful launch of Stefan Diez’ first plywood chair ‘Houdini’ for e15, the German manufacturer presented at this year’s Milan Fair the second result of this fruitful collaboration. ‘Bess’ and ‘Bessy’ are an idyllic development of the dynamic construction of the ‘Houdini’ chair. Both consists of an upholstered seat and a back made from flexible oak-veneered plywood, which is not upholstered. The back is gracefully bent around the back of the seat to form the back rest.

Thonet plywood chair by D68 design+art on Flickr.

New additions to the family… lots of refurb ahead.  Good family project

Eames Molded Plywood Chair

Zipper Chair | IWOODLIKE

1950 Charles & Ray Eames Prototype Plywood Chairs | Photos: Charles Eames | Boyd Collection

Ludwigslust folding chairs,Germany, 1890. Bent and forged iron wire, moulded and perforated Luterma plywood seats. From the music pavilion at Ludwigslust Palace, Schwerin. In 1872, the New York Gardner company was granted a patent for these plywood seats. 

Festival Hall 658 chair by Robin Day

Marcel Breuer’s Plywood chair, edited by Isokon, 1936. Captured by Lothaire Hucki

M Chair by Cheryl Tan, Cha-Cyn, Chen Fang Yu, and Pan Ping Yun

Pretzel chair by George Nelson 1952 

ALVAR AALTO, Early cantilevered armchair with stepped base, model no. 31, designed for the Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Paimio, Finland, 1929-1933. Image Courtesy of Phillips. / ArchDaily

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