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The first book devoted to plywood in modern design. The book consists of several parts: the first, an illustrated history of plywood (tracing its origins in ancient Egypt); the second is an annotated journal of the making of a piece of bent plywood, from the forest to the showroom and a visual compendium of plywood furniture designs. Bent Ply contains many illustrations of the classics of bent ply design, including furniture from Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames, who developed the first molded plywood, plywood bent in two directions.
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Dung Ngo is author of American Contemporary Furniture (Universe, 1999) and Open House (Rizzoli, 2002); Eric Pfeiffer is the head designer for Offi, a home and home office furniture company specializing in bent plywood. His designs are in the collection of SF MoMA, and sold at the Museum of Modern Art Design Shop
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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i could hapPLY look at this book all day,
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This review is from: Bent Ply: The Art of Plywood Furniture (Hardcover)
I found out about this book in Andrew Haslam's exciting, learned, inspiring book 'Book Design'... And I can see why he included it. The covers are made of ply wood. But it's the designs inside that really make this book. You haven't lived until you've seen Frank Gehry's 'Cross-check chair' from 1990, or Peter Karpf's flowing, magic carpet-like '82USChair' from 2002... not to mention greats like Alvaar Aalto's Paimio chair from 1931. A beautiful, informative book, for fans of PLY everywhere.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Plywood Makes for a Really Hardback Book,
By John Matlock "Gunny" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bent Ply: The Art of Plywood Furniture (Hardcover)
There are paperback books and hardback books, but I don't think that I've ever before seen a book that was as hardback as these. The front and back cover are made of plywood. Fitting I suppose. Certainly interesting you your bookshelf.
Inside, the book is divided into three main sections. The first is a history and description of the uses to which bent plywood has been put to in the past. Surprisingly the first patents on plywood go back to 1895, just about the time that the steam engine was becoming powerful enough to spin a log against a slicing knife. Continuing the history through World War II talks about (and shows pictures of) plywood airplanes. The middle section is on the production of the plywood furniture, it starts with the bare logs and how they are cut into veneer and finally put into bent-ply furniture. It talks about a bent ply desk designed by Mr. Pfeiffer. This desk has veneer made in Latvia, the assembly of the desk is in Italy, and it is produced for the American market. The last section of the book shows a wide selection of furniture articles, illustrating what can be done with bent ply. 3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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bent plywood process described,
By Patrick Doran - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bent Ply: The Art of Plywood Furniture (Hardcover)
bent ply by dung ngo and eric pfieffer takes an in depth look at the forming of plywood from it's early stages at the turn of the century up through the mass-production techniques of today. the authors have compiled detailed information on everything from how plywood veneers are made to the construction of molds for forming. the end of the book contains a wide variety of examples of bent ply furniture. the book even comes bound in plywood! a must for anyone with curiosity about forming plywood.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cool book,
By Matisse "Matisse" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bent Ply: The Art of Plywood Furniture (Hardcover)
Some new info on laminated wood furniture. The best part is the cover, which is why I bought it, which is of course made out of plywood. Cool book. Part of my Cool Book collection.
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