Family Flex by Itamar Burstein

The Israeli designer Itamar Burstein Family Flex has designed a series of design objects (chairs, tables and coat) made with a new technique for bending wood.

In contrast to the traditional methods of woodworking, Itamar Burstein uses a simpler method: the traditional techniques of steaming the wood, shape into a mold and drying it replaces some milling operations.

The first of these techniques is to remove a piece of wood from the main block, then the two pieces are glued under pressure from the terminals. This new Burstein experimenting for years that reduces the number of tools required to develop the product, do less work (something to be reckoned with, eh!) And is faster than traditional methods. This technique, which for now seems to work very well, Itamar is creating a kind of statistics to assess how this new solution can be considered for the subsequent creation of objects “more important”

The company that believed in the project was VIA France which presented its Family Flex during the exposition of Maison & Objet 2010 and will remain on display in the showroom VIA in Paris until March 7. Congratulations to Dafna Grossman for pictures taken.