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While the joinery we employ in our designs and demonstrate in our
projects is intentionally elemental, we would be remiss to not mention the
many designers and makers, who are exploring other kinds of joinery in
their CNC furniture designs. Though the details differ from AtFAB, the
thinking is similar. These designers use a language of joinery as a starting
point, aggregating it into a larger system of connections, assemblies, and
ultimately furniture objects.
A nice example of this is the Box-o-rama series
for Droog, a parametric cabinet designed by
EventArchitectuur, which employs box joints
that interlock with a pressure fit. Another
design developed around joinery technique is
the living hinge used by Alex Zehn in his Alex
Chair. For a living hinge, the CNC subtracts
material in a way that enables a flat sheet of
material to flex, and when applied in a specific
manner, can follow contours or allow a single
piece of material to fold onto itself. Spring
tenon joints are another kind of joint, which
takes advantage of the flexibility of plywood.
Konstantin Achov used these connections in
his Stack Series of furniture, in which the furni-
ture parts snap together without hardware.
Andy Kem’s Break Plane Series also exploits
the flexibility of plywood at a larger scale than
the joint. In his designs, he locates two-way
joints in a manner that places flat plywood
parts into tension and introduces a subtle cur-
vature into each furniture form.
These are just a few examples of how designers
and makers alike can design a larger system
and language for furniture that starts with the
connections between parts. We’re aways exci-
ted to see fresh ideas about CNC joinery, and
the expanding array of designs by makers and
designers who are experimenting with joinery,
furniture design, and CNC fabrication.
DESIGN REPOSITORIES
• Opendesk (https://www.opendesk.cc/)
• Inventables (https://www.inventables.com/
projects)
• Ronen Kadushin (http://www.ronen-
kadushin.com)
• Jens Dyvik’s Layer Chair (http://www.dyvik-
design.com/site/portfolio-jens/products/
the-layer-chair)
• Thingiverse (http://www.thingiverse.com)
• Vectric’s Free CNC Projects (http://
www.vectric.com/cool-stuff/projects.html)
• ShopBot’s Ready-to-go Projects (http://
www.shopbottools.com/mSupport/
projects.htm)
• Shelter 2.0 (http://www.shelter20.com/)
For further explorations in joinery, we also rec-
ommend exploring Jochen Gros’s 50 Digital
Wood Joints, which has been a popular refer-
ence for CNC fabricators, designers, and wood-
workers. At first, the sheer number of joint
types seems overwhelming. However, closer
study reveals that although these joints are
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