Oxford-based designer Michael Buick has created a wooden range of furniture that can be easily assembled and disassembled using traditional pegs.
Described as slotting together "like a children's toy", the oak and timber pieces can be assembled at home using just a mallet.
Buick created Pegg as an easy-to-build furniture collection
The British designer decided to create the collection which comprises tables, seating, shelving and lighting, after realising his own need for portable, adaptable furniture at home.
"I wanted to create portable, sustainable furniture because of my own experience: I moved house on average once a year over 15 years so I knew my furniture designs had to be portable, durable and sustainable," Buick told Dezeen. "Pegg helps you be home anywhere ? it is portable, sustainable, all-wood furniture that's built for life."
Pegg is informed by traditional peg joinery techniques
Buick designed each minimalist item according to his own set of guidelines called Pegg Design Rules. These include using only wood, making something that is easy to build and take apart and ensuring that it lasts many years.
He also drew on the pegged joinery techniques used in older, traditional woodwork used to build furniture and timber-framed buildings.
"Pegg reimagines one of furniture making?s oldest techniques ? using wooden pegs to hold joints in place," he said.
Each item was designed according to the same set of rules
Each CNC-cut ite...