Dung Ngo and Eric Pfeiffer
Princeton Architectural Press, 2003
Hardback (comprising plywood boards with paper spine), 352 pages
185 x 252 mm
Condition: Very good, crease to spine

Bent Ply is the first book devoted to plywood in modern design. The book consists of two parts: the first, an illustrated history of plywood (tracing its origins to ancient Egypt, circa 2900 BC); the second, an annotated journal of the making of a piece of bent plywood furniture, from the forest to the showroom. 

Bent Ply contains numerous illustrations of the classics of bent ply design, including furniture from Alvar Aalto, Michael Thonet, and Charles and Ray Eames, and examples of its appropriation by the military: John F. Kennedys PT109 boat and the DeHavilland Mosquito were both fabricated from plywood. 

Anyone interested in furniture design, woodworking, or materials will be fascinated by Bent Ply.