Multidisciplinary practice Viewport Studio aimed to reduce the energy required to produce furniture when designing this series of tables, which are constructed from discarded timber offcuts.
The collection, called Essential Furniture, was designed by London and Singapore-based Viewport Studio for furniture brand Industry +.
Each of the side and coffee tables were constructed from offcuts of timber that weren't considered to "conform to the standard shapes, sizes and finishes" desired by the construction industry, and would otherwise have been thrown away.
The Essential Furniture collection by Viewport Studio is made using discarded timber
"This project questions the existing production cycle of commercial furniture and redefines what is essential to design, produce, consume and use at home," the studio explained. "These timber pieces vary enormously in size, shape and consistency, making them difficult to assemble into stable structures and useful items, resulting in wasted wood in timber yards."
Viewport Studio aimed to produce the furniture using as little energy as possible
The studio selected a series of timber blocks and beams and paired them together according to their structural properties and shapes, which they kept as organic as possible.
The timber was air-dried to ensure it would remain stable during production, before being sandblasted to strip away any bark and ingrained dirt.

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