OSB panels are more and more employed in housing. We felt that this yellow color could be a bit boring and that we needed to give a new breath to this material.
After researches about finding the right dye to color these
particles, we reached the Berner Fachhochschule in Biel
(Switzerland). This sch

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ool is specialised in wood research
and owns a heat press. They helped us with bonding the panels and finding the best way to dye our material.
Then, we created a pantone for these particles knowing exactly which mixture we made for each tint of color.
In the end we selected several colors in order to get 2 to 4 different colors per panel.

Further than a simple research, we believed that creating
a standard object for housing would be the best way to explain the colorful power of that material.
In the end, we designed a serie of 3 crates, presented at the 2017 Salone Del Mobile in Milan at the ECAL Gallery. Various wood panels were also designed to show the great potential of color combination.

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Type

Storage & Shelves

Methods

Coloration Dye / Heat Pressing

Materials

Wood Particles