shigeki yamamoto references bulding blocks in play sideboard

japan-born and germany-based shigeki yamamoto is a designer who has dedicated his career to wood-making with a mix of ‘high humor design’—aiming to bring a sense of fun into daily life while maintaining his love for quality. his works result in a rich, somehow in a spiritual manner, as they face today’s industrialized mass production. ‘play sideboard’ exemplifies this by allowing the user to bring back childhood memories with building blocks and to apply them to new furniture and object construction.

‘play sideboard’ can be used as storage

‘play sideboard’ by shigeki yamamoto is a piece of furniture made of many different pieces of oak coated with glass oil, that once assembled, resemble our old building block toys. the design wants the user to rediscover their creativity, allowing them to change the piece however they want, awakening their imagination and creativity. the ‘play sideboard’ comes in a limited series of three and measures 250x75x85 centimeters. 

video courtesy of shigeki yamamoto

the easy to build object uses the same wood pieces for assembling

the piece aims to bring back memories of playing with construction wood blocks

a close up detail reveals the richness of the design

the wooden landscape can be assembled in different ways

three limited-editions of play sideboard are available

designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.

edited by: juliana neira | designboom

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