Core77 2013 Year in Review: Materials, Part 1 – This Year in Wood
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Is it any surprise that one of the oldest materials known to man—humble wood—was responsible for some of our highest-trafficked posts this year? Everyone from caveman industrial designers to modern-day architects to students love working the stuff.
This year we saw MTH Woodworks blending it with resin to create some eye-popping furniture pieces.
Japanese architect Kiyoshi Kasai figured out how to design wooden structures in an open-plan, yet seismically-resistant way.
We learned that the ancient species of wood known as Lignum Vitae is so bad-ass, they use it to make shaft bearings for nuclear submarines!
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