print chair by nendo combines different wood grain patterns into one motif

nendo’s print chair collection mixes two different woodgrain patterns together
all images © hiroshi iwasaki

nendo will exhibit ‘print-chair’ a new furniture collection at ‘works by nendo’, a solo exhibition presented during milan design week 2014. created by overlapping different wood grain patterns onto existing timber surfaces, the seating objects become distinctive due to the implementation of new various grain details such as those found in OSB laminate board, fir, pine and oak.

‘for another design, we scanned the wood’s surface then printed the same pattern back onto the wood at another angle,’ explains nendo. ‘we also experimented with other materials, replacing the seat base with OSB laminate board for one chair and printing a marble pattern onto the wood for another.’

‘thanks to printing technology we could make fine adjustments like the scale, density and colors over and over, bringing out the charm and attraction of natural materials from a variety of angles.’

 the collection mixes different woodgrain patterns together such as OSB laminate board, fir, pine and oak

 OSB laminate board print chair front view

  OSB laminate board print chair rear view

 detail of the OSB laminate board print chair pattern

OSB laminate board print chair pattern detail

 oak + dark hardwood chair front view

 oak + dark hardwood chair rear view

pattern detail

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