In design and in building, we all know that speed is bad. Particularly where power tools are concerned. I don't know if any of you have been watching Spike TV's "Framework," but if so, was anything sadder than hearing BK's story? To fill you in, he recounts having a nasty near-accident in his younger years because he was rushing around in his shop. Now, however, the pendulum's swung too far the other way: On the show he is presented as lumberingly, maddeningly slow, to the point of not being able to complete simple tasks in a reasonable amount of time.

BK would be the first to tell you you can't build a piece of furniture in three to five minutes. I'd be the second, and there would be an army of folks behind me. But Jenny Nordberg, an experimental industrial designer based in Malmo, is willing to go against conventional wisdom for the sake of exploration.

Hence her “3 to 5 Minutes – Rapid Handmade Furniture” project, recently exhibited at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair, seeks to "[use] speed as a method to achieve new expressions and procedures."

“3 to 5 minutes – Rapid handmade furniture” explores the making of furniture by hand under time pressure often to found in mass production. Each piece of furniture must be made within the timespan of three to five minutes. All production steps are clocked and added together as the designer turns herself into an artisanal assembly line.

Materials and components are to be found in regular hardware stores as well as the pre-cutting of the board material. The project includes two easy chairs with additional pillows, a small trolley and a dining table with four chairs, all together made in less than an hour.

The design, materials and details are all the result of the lack of time. For example – the coating does not cover the whole surface, details are few and imperfect, assembly screws are visible and the design is restrained.

At the very least, I can just about guarantee this will be the most…unusual thing you've seen on the internet today: