Hasta La Ideas

I just stumbled across—and am totally in love with— the construction of this simple bookcase. Called the Stoa Kitap 03, it’s the work of Istanbul-based designer Tardu Kuman, and as you can see it’s made with one of the oldest joints known to man: The mortise and tenon. If you think about it, you’ll see Kuman doesn’t even need to glue the joints (though I can’t tell if he did or not), because once you slot the pieces into place, gravity will do all of the work. And this brilliant design would make flatpacking it a snap, while also enabling instruction-free, idiot-proof assembly.

On his website Kuman’s got a variety of furniture constructed with the mortise and tenon…

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