The Pal story

When I was a kid I tried to make my own skateboard in the garage by
bending a piece of plywood. The project was a limited success since it
turned out too thick and heavy or too thin and flexible. I lacked the
concave shape in my decks that enable commercial skateboards to be
just 10 mm thick and still tough enough to jump on without breaking.
When I was sketching on stool concepts for One Nordic, the idea of
using this technique came back to me. By placing the legs on the
outside perimeter of the seat, the legs would naturally need to bend
in order to follow this shape. This meant that I could work with legs
that are wide and really thin compared to the ordinary leg on a chair.

The next challenge came when trying to make the legs detachable to fit
in with the One Nordic philosophy. Esthetically the legs are easily
made detachable, but for structural strength and stability we needed
to develop a special joint together with the development team. We came
up with a great solution that allows the legs to be assembled by the
customer without any extra tools.

Hallgeir Homstvedt

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