Saturday 2 April 2016

Wood Has Got Many Uses,

making boats is one that springs to mind,


 all very tasteful and understated,

 also using Japanese interlocking techniques like okuriari (送り蟻) and kusabi (),

  not a single nail or screw were needed to hold or fasten in it's construction,

 did I mention the project was a car?

behold Toyota’s new concept car, the Setsuna, whose exterior is made from 86 handmade wooden panels, Setsuna (刹那) comes from the Buddhist concept of time and is intended to remind us to live each moment to its fullest potential, Toyota’s concept car, will debut at the 2016 Milan Design Week (April 12– 17), as you can imagine great care went into the production of the vehicle even down to the types of wood used, for the exterior, Japanese cedar for its vividness and refinement, for the frame, Japanese birch for its strong rigidity, for the seats the smooth castor aralia, you can read more about the car here, and there was me thinking that only Morgan used wood in their still in production ash framed cars!


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