Absolut Downloads: Bradley Marks' Laptop Table
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.26.07
Students at The Ryerson University School of Interior Design in Toronto, Canada were asked to design a piece of furniture out of a single 4 x4 sheet of baltic birch plywood. These wowed the crowd at the Interior Design Show this spring; We thought it a wonderful opportunity to present the work of these talented young designers as downloadable designs. Shown here is Bradley Marks' design for a laptop table, a "constructivist inspired cantilevered piece. Line and forms transform depending on the perspective from which the table is seen." Download and build your own 1/6 scale model (in full color-make sure you have lots of black ink!) at ::In An Absolut World Everything is Downloadable
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I don't want to be a jerk, but if someone did want to scale the plans and build this the wood sheet size may be critical.
In my neighbourhood, Baltic Birch comes in 5' X 5' sheets, and is actually birch from the Baltic region (take note of shipping impact). We used a lot of it at design school.
A very similar wood in appearance is called Apple Ply, which is not made out of apple. I believe it is a North American product, and it was quite a bit more expensive than BB. So, if you cut a sheet in half, you would get a 4X4.