Ola Giertz
2012 Year in Review: Best of WTF
And now for the category that can sometimes leave us (and you) scratching our heads and wondering what in the world were they thinking when these designs were created or how in the world did they make that - I now give you our most favorite posts that have us thinking WTF...
Thread Bench Made from Bent Metal by Ola Giertz
Swedish furniture and product designer Ola Giertz created the Thread Bench, which looks like metal easily bent and twisted into the finished shape. In actuality, the bars of metal are manually bent by both cold and warm forging, a much more labor-intensive process.
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