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A Simple Way to Curve Wood in Furniture

Thibault Huguet's low-tech Stool #1

By Rain Noe - September 7, 2023

in Furniture Design

Whether it's solid wood coming out of a sawmill, or plywood coming out of a veneer press, wood comes to us in flat forms. To shape and join it in the curved shapes that we like for furniture is often labor-intensive.

However, this Stool #1, by clever designer Thibault Huguet, reminds us that creating a curve can be dead simple:

The base is made of Ash, and a single carriage bolt lets the Birch plywood seat do its thing.

Here's the prototype:

Probably not the most durable seat in the world, but you get the idea. Take from it what you can.

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