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Discarded Wood Becomes a Stunning One-Off Bench

Posted: 10 Jun 2015 10:00 AM PDT

In a wood mill, the first cut of a tree is called the "misfit" because it is irregularly shaped and useless for the millers' purposes. Because of this, the misfits are usually discarded. A team of designers questioned the need to throw away those sections of wood. Designers Jessye Grundlingh, Nicholas Koppelaar, and Andrew Kroetsch - collectively known as Cradle - collaborated to create Bench-01, a seat which uses the discarded first cut from a maple tree. Read more…