Downloadable DIY Furniture By Minale-Maeda

As rising transportation costs push up the price of food and consumer goods, the concept of growing or building something locally is gaining traction. Downloadable design follows in the same vein, and Rotterdam-based designers Minale-Maeda presented a collection of wooden furniture during Dutch Design Week that can be downloaded, customized and assembled at home using materials recuperated locally or at the neighborhood hardware store.

from the designers

Designed specifically to be downloadable in order to reduce environmental issues related to transport, costs of stockkeeping and explore collaborative design and distribution, this furniture can be edited in size and materials, is made on location or can be self-made by downloading the blueprints. The concept was to turn the pieces inside out to make construction simple, while brackets and structural details become distinctive and attractive features. Connections are 3d printed to suit various sizes of wood, and the crafting is minimal requiring only cutting to length and drilling.

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