Pierre Sandoz

"Constraints are an expression grid that are part of my training as an architect. For the iWood editorial line, we had to develop a new language that integrates the requirements of this new production model. Unlike a 3D printer that allows you to add material with total formal freedom, we created designs solely by subtracting material from solid wood panels. This production requirement invited us to offer furniture with a clean aesthetic."

"The design world has always been excited about new materials, seen as a field of experience for new aesthetic expressions. But when your new orange plastic table has a stripe, it loses its edge. It's the opposite with solid wood. In addition to its aesthetic, tactile and geobiological quantities, wood, like good whiskey, ages very well. The wear and tear on its surface tells a story. Your oak table gains patina over time, it grows in size in some way. And if that bothers you, you can sand it down. This is a great advantage of wood, it can meet all aesthetic preconceptions. It's up to us to ensure sustainable management of this resource that the planet offers us."