erik stehmann: blocks collection wooden pixel furniture

‘the blocks collection’ by erik stehmann

influenced by the typical ‘carpenter’ sentence: ‘glue is stronger than wood’, dutch designer erik stehmann has experimented with glue and woodblocks to test this phrase. after testing a variety of different types and brands of adhesive, the discovered a cement that succeeded. by cutting a beam up in cubes, each carefully chosen to gain maximum strength, he then glued themtogether again, where the structural integrity became even stronger than originally conceived.

‘blocks’ chair front 3/4 view

‘blocks’ chair rear 3/4 view

‘blocks’ lamp

‘blocks’ table front view

‘blocks’ table detail

furniture context