Plywood
- The Eames brothers: Charles Eames and Eero Saairnen entered a 1940 MOMA design competition and win two awards for moulded plywood pieces, setting the stage for the Eames brothers influential career of modern design using plywood
- The chair: The chair is the most popular form in molded plywood furniture with stackability remaining an important design component
- Tables, desks and stools: Contemporary plywood coffee tables, end tables and desks are gaining in popularity
- Interiors: Plywood’s perception as an honest and modern material makes it a natural choice for contemporary interiors, including panelling and kitchen cabinets
- Whimsical wood: Past and present designers have used the simple shapes of moulded plywood to express a sense of modern whimsy and the material lends itself to designs for children and pets
- Furniture and beyond: Designers have taken plywood outside of the realm of simple furniture, including Tapio Wirkkala who created plywood bowls and sculptures, and Grete Jalk who designed nesting tables and stools. Today, the Benjamin Stool by Ikea is a DIY pop culture icon
- Plywood 2.0: Plywood offers attainable and modern design and relies on historical elements like stackability and cutting from a single piece while incorporating new cutaway/layering and patchwork veneer techniques
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