Back in 1968, Henrik Thor-Larsen exhibited his Ovalia egg chair for the first ... s built with accessible DIY tools and techniques. The frame is built up from plywood parts, cut out with a jigsaw.

‘All you need to build your DIY chair is a printer to download the manual, some 2mm plywood and 45 x 45mm battens, all typically carried by your local hardware store,’ he says. ‘To put it together you ...

Designed by Huachen Xin for Side, Ginkgo Chair is a plywood chair designed for both domestic and public uses. The seat and back come from the same mold and are connected with butterfly tenons.