plywood bed
software used:
Rhino
Autodesk Fusion
A low plywood bed, a grid of boards slotted into each other, with no screws and no glue.
I wanted a bed that is honest about how it is built: every joint stays visible and every edge shows the layers of the plywood.
The design is parametric, so I can make the bed in any size. I make it together with my mum, Joanna Markowska.
- material
- 18 mm birch plywood
- finish
- hard wax oil, 2 coats
- assembly
- about 5 minutes, no tools
- sizes
- 90, 120, 160 × 200 cm or custom
process
I'm a big fan of plywood, and I was sleeping on a mattress on the floor, so I decided to design the bed I'd want to have myself.
01 material
18 mm birch plywood.
my mum, Joanna Markowska, at the carpentry shop
02 cutting
The slats are cut to size on a panel saw, and the slots are CNC milled.
slats with milled slots
03 fit
Every plywood sheet is slightly different in thickness. Before cutting each bed, I measure the sheet and set the slot width to match it.
04 finish
Two coats of hard wax oil in a natural colour.
05 assembly
About 5 minutes, no tools needed.
putting the bed together
sizes
width × length, cm
The design is parametric: with the width, the leg spacing and the distance from the leg to the edge of the bed change too. For custom orders I can change every parameter, such as the height, the number of slats and the length.
The bed will soon be available on its own website. For now, to order it, write to me.