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Product news: this chair made from two bent plywood elements is part of the inaugural collection of furniture by new Finnish brand Poiat Products.

The Lavitta collection by Poiat Products comprises a chair, a small occasional table, a round dining table and a rectangular table with benches.

The chairs are not stackable by can be slotted into each other for storage and are actually made from several pieces of plywood to reduce wastage. “The aim was to make the glued joint invisible and still keep the original visual outlook of two structural parts,” the designers explain.

They’re currently developing an upholstered version of the chair and a lower lounge-seat version.

The tables have veneered wood or laminate tops on solid wooden legs with powder-coated metal connectors.

They can also be supplied with built-in frames and socket systems for electrical cables.

Poiat Products is a new venture from Poiat architecture and design studio, which was founded by Antti Rouhunkoski, Timo Mikkonen and Marco Rodriguez after they met at the University of Arts and Design in Helsinki, now part of Aalto University.

Other furniture collections we’ve featured lately include pieces by Nendo that look like they’ve been peeled away from wooden stems and a pine and aluminium chair and table for an art museum in New York.

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Photographs are by Arsi Ikäheimonen.

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Product news: Copenhagen designer Henriette W. Leth has designed a colourful, modular storage system for Danish design brand Normann Copenhagen.

Made of folded steel, the boxes are powder-coated in six different colours: white, grey, rose, rust, green and blue.

“I became tired of looking at unattractive book covers on the shelves and therefore decided to find a solution which could not only contribute with some color in the room but also be a way to store things practically,” says Henriette W. Leth.

The Color Boxes are sold individually and can be stacked in any combination on the floor or hung on the wall separately.

The boxes can be placed on top of one another loosely, and the weight of the boxes and the contents inside keeps them in place.

Jan Andersen and Poul Madsen created Normann Copenhagen in 1999 in Copenhagen. We have featured other projects for Normann Copenhagen such as a folding whisk and a circular knife. See all of our stories about Normann Copenhagen.

We have also featured lots of other shelving systems on Dezeen, including a collection made from steel tubes, house-shaped frames and a robot-shaped bookcase. See all of our stories on shelving.

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Product news: this pine cabinet by Stockholm design studio Snickeriet has a rough surface that resembles choppy ocean waves.

The Havet cabinet by Snickeriet is made from stained and lacquered pine.

The pattern is hacked out of the wood by hand using an angle grinder, so each piece is unique.

Snickeriet comprises cabinet makers Gunnar Dahl and Karolina Stenfelt with designers Karl-Johan Hjerling and Karin Wallenbeck, and was recently awarded the Swedish Design Award, Design S, organised by Swedish design organisation Svensk Form.

Other cabinets we’ve featured on Dezeen include one that opens up like a sewing box and another designed to help victims of natural disasters to recover from their traumatic experiences.

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Here’s some more information from the designers:

Havet is a cabinet made out of pine. The surface treatment resembles a stormy ocean at night and is created by combining traditional craftsmanship with an unconventional technique. The pattern is chiselled by hand using an angle grinder. Just like the waves on a windy sea, each cabinet created will be unique.

At first, the furniture is built as a classic cabinet with right angles and with fittings, details and interiors in place. The carpenters then chisel out the distinctive pattern – a process requiring as much time as building the cabinet itself. The pattern is carved on all sides and across all external joints and fittings, creating a monolithic and sculptural gestalt.

Material: Stained and lacquered pine. Steel fittings.
Measures (h-w-d): 1789 x 860 x 380 mm
Design: Karl-Johan Hjerling & Karin Wallenbeck
Price: 75 000 SEK

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