{"id":413776,"date":"2026-04-23T17:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/413776\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:06:11","slug":"nathan-martells-extreme-bent-plywood-layup-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/413776\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Martell’s Extreme Bent Plywood Layup Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Becker Brakel<\/a> is a German company that specializes in bent plywood and veneers for furniture. They hold a biennial Design Forum<\/a>, where designers are invited to explore and experiment with molded wood forms. Brakel then prototypes the designs.<\/p>\n

At last year’s Brakel Design Forum, Canadian industrial designer Nathan Martell<\/a> first conceived of this Layup Chair<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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That’s a form the Eameses could never have dreamt of, given the technology of their era. However, Martell actually got the design into production: The Layup is now manufactured by British design furniture brand Established & Sons<\/a> (presumably using Brakel’s technology). <\/p>\n

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