The Spring Wood Collection by Carolien Laro
Dutch designer Carolien Laro has created the Spring Wood collection of seating.
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Description of the Spring Wood collection:
Spring Wood., developed by Carolien Laro, a graduated student at the Arts Academy St Joost and Amsterdam Wood and Furniture College.
Carolien searched for the limits of wood…. with great success! Carolien wanted to bring two contradictions of wood together: rigidity and flexibility. She succeeded, with the background of a party garland in mind.
Because our company does like to stimulate young talent we offered Carolien the opportunity to develop her concept of Spring Wood to a ‘ready to sell’ piece of furniture.
That seems simple but it is not. Carolien invested more than 600 hours (!) in the development of her hand made first prototype. So much work in one small stool is commercially not feasible so every technical detail had to be developed for the real production of her idea.
It was quite a journey and during 2010 she worked hard to developed a few versions of Spring Wood, apart from the original version’: These are: The Paperclip, Restless Legs and The Bridge.
Carolien was very successfull with her idea: she won the Wood Challenge Prize as well as a nomination for the IMI Award as well as the DOEN material prize.
Spring Wood seems very simple but it isn’t: it is very complex and laborious. Selecting the right ashwood and machining it. The glueing process followed by the CNC sawing: in total more than 480 CNC groove-milling steps are necessary for one ‘wooden pillow’
Visit Carolien Laro’s website – here.
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erick on 11 Jan 2011 at 4:17 am #
great job..brilliant concept!!
bravo caroline…:-)
Bricoleur on 11 Jan 2011 at 8:57 am #
hmmmmmnnn…this won a prize? I detect butt pinching & structural failure. Jus’ sayin’
Rebeca on 11 Jan 2011 at 9:09 am #
I wonder what the weight capacity is and if the cut out portions would pinch when contracted. A very nice design!
OBSCURUM on 11 Jan 2011 at 11:03 am #
Clean, Simple, Practical, Clever. Beautiful concept and execution!
shane on 11 Jan 2011 at 6:05 pm #
seems like a lot of work for very little effect
Steve on 11 Jan 2011 at 10:21 pm #
Actually super easy to do with a good table saw could be done in less than 20 minutes, just 46 passes over a table saw blade not raised all the way.
Mr X on 12 Jan 2011 at 3:01 am #
It is a great concept, however done before!
http://www.dukta.com/
Connie on 12 Jan 2011 at 4:30 am #
Maybe I miss something, but how can you move a stool on casters that do not align?
Larry on 12 Jan 2011 at 6:05 am #
that would pinch your butt.
c on 12 Jan 2011 at 6:05 am #
can it roll with the wheels fixed in a an angled position?
becky on 12 Jan 2011 at 8:57 am #
hoho, one wooden pillow : 480 CNC groove-milling steps – really beautiful detail
congratulations
shane on 12 Jan 2011 at 4:02 pm #
the castors only allow for the seet to bend
c on 13 Jan 2011 at 5:41 am #
About the wheels… that’s clever.
AMR Design on 16 Jan 2011 at 5:28 am #
Looks great but would not want to sit on it bare bum!
Niels on 17 Jan 2011 at 1:12 am #
That is indeed exactly Dukta’s technique which, according to their website, is also patented.. curious to see what they think of it.
nulla on 23 Jan 2011 at 8:11 am #
It sounds as an expensive pillow, doesn`t it? Design is also this anyway, it`s part of the game! Well done, a very good job!
john on 05 Feb 2011 at 11:09 am #
yes a saw would be much more practical (and produce cleaner cuts)
Check out Bridge City Toolworks”squiggle wood” on you tube, can’t really say who invented this technique but they did this a number of years ago
-clever design for a seat though.