A reading pod. Cut from flat birch sheets, built round — a quiet room within a room.
NAWAH is a seed you sit inside. A sculptural pod that wraps around the reader — back, sides and overhead — leaving one open mouth of daylight and a cushion of olive-green wool.
The whole shell is cut from 18 mm birch plywood on our CNC, layer by layer, then threaded together on steel rods. No carving, no moulds — the drama comes from repetition: dozens of precise flat parts becoming one continuous curve.
It ships flat, assembles with a wrench, and every plywood edge is left exposed as the finish — the stripes of the laminations are the ornament.
One idea, explored properly. Three silhouettes — the balanced original, a slimmer taller cocoon, and a wider fuller pod — each buildable in two constructions: nested rings that wrap front-to-back, or vertical ribs that stand side by side. Three of the six carry the brass reading light.
This is not a sketch waiting for problems. The ring version has already been taken to manufacturing level: every ring is drawn, checked and nested; the rod paths are verified dead straight through the whole stack; the seat is a built platform, not a loose cushion on hope.
All six options live in one interactive 3D room — orbit them, explode the construction into its parts, switch the lights on.
Open the 3D roomdrag to orbit · scroll to zoom · E explode · I lights · M dimensions