For her industrial design master’s program at Georgia Institute of Technology, Shel Han created Expose, a set of furniture that features knock-down joinery—meaning all the pieces fit together without glue or nails, only pure wood joinery. Taking inspiration from traditional Chinese architecture and furniture, Shel aimed to bring these age-old techniques and craftsmanship to the modern-day knock-down furniture market. The plywood was carefully crafted using CNC fabrication to ensure the joints fit precisely, and so the pieces can be put together with barely any tools.
See the joinery in action below:
