Front panel made of
molded plywood, bench with included 2 hooks for hanging puppets.
Navy during World War Ii to produce
molded plywood splints, stretchers and more.
After marrying, they left the Midwest and moved to Los Angeles with the goal of bringing to fruition Charles's vision for the
molded plywood chair, which had already won a major award but needed further development.
(Poll Manufacturing also provided hulls for Kenneth Cook's company, Inland Boat Service, which manufactured KenCraft boats both in Fiberglas and
molded plywood.)
Still looking as fresh as when it debuted in 1961, the Tendo Mushroom Stool remains a classic, a cleverly bent origami-like design made from three identical sheets of
molded plywood. This version, created in 2003, is an updated variation on the theme.
The support's die-cast aluminum is 100-percent recycled and 100-percent recyclable, and the
molded plywood is sourced from sustainable forests.
The pillow is also a counterpoint to the
molded plywood chair (by Jean Prouve for Vitra, $850) and the screen (by 3 Square Design, $1,600).
Design: The Eames
molded plywood chair, designed by Charles Eames, 1946.
In LA, they turned their apartment into a workshop for experiments with
molded plywood. During World War II, the Eameses' research was put to good use in the form of rigid, lightweight splints and stretchers for the military.
"The two-position student chairs employ a
molded plywood methodology.
As chief furniture designer there, he was the first to use tubular steel in furniture, and he also pioneered the use of
molded plywood. The " Breuer chair, " with its cantilevered seat, became a classic of industrial and domestic furniture design.
Approximately 320 m2 cleaning, assembly dismantled
molded plywood rods;