The design studio Swedish Ninja have created a series of furniture that is constructed using Oriented Strand Board structural beams.
The series is called “the forest in a new form,” and was created through the desire for creative design and functional furniture using wood OSB (Oriented Strand Board)

Chair raw material of wood OSB (Oriented Strand Board)” said Maria Gustavsson industrial designer and founder of  Swedish Ninja. “I became very interested when I heard about the new three-dimensional strand profile, developed by cleantech company Newbeam. With the girder structure and was inspired by the challenge of creating beautiful furniture out of this new, orthogonal standard.
“Forest in new form” is made of the eco-friendly material Oriented Strand Board. The OSB production process consumes 30% less energy than commonly used by a sawmill to produce the equivalent amount of structural components of the same size. The material is made up of three standard discs of planed wood, glued together. In addition to its eco-friendliness, OSB has many technical advantages. Long wood chips are randomly distributed and compressed under high pressure to yield a higher fiber density than in wood – OSB is stronger! By shaping OSB-material into a three dimensional beam form, Newbeam has managed to create a new profile for structural products.

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