One Diagonal Cut, One Whole Chair
The Min Chair is what happens when a designer treats solid wood furniture like a puzzle. Max Lamb cut every part from one dimension of pine, sliced diagonally, then arranged at varying lengths. Legs, seat, backrest. All from the same stick of timber.
The result reads almost like a sketch made solid. Slim posts angle up into a peaked back, leaving a clean keyhole gap where shoulders would rest.
Produced with Hem, it lands as a refined edition of Lamb’s longstanding Economy Chair. Years of iteration, distilled to its plainest form.
What sells it is the math. Near-zero waste. Maximum character from minimal means. The kind of solid wood furniture that anchors a boutique lobby or a quiet reception without trying too hard.
For a kindred study in pared-back timber, see our look at solid wood desks, sharpened and simplified.
Available August.
Images Courtesy of Hem, Photography Credit: Erik Lefvander






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