A moulded chair for Moroso that references the genre of light, graceful bent-wood chairs, yet could only be made through injection moulding. Impossible Wood’s form draws on an elegance traditionally associated with steam-bent timber, while using moulding technology to achieve shapes that would be impossible in wood.

Doshi Levien was inspired by the work of Martin Puryear, particularly his 1977 piece Cedar Lodge, which was constructed from thin, overlapping, parallel strips of timber bound with horizontal rings. When developing the studio prototype, the designers set themselves the constraint of working with only 50mm-wide strips of corrugated card to build the form. This limitation created a consistent design language and echoed the rhythmic, layered construction seen in Puryear’s work.