Futurewood

Futurewood is a material, a process, and a design language. It’s how we work and what we work with. There’s no separation between the concept and the means of making.

It was developed in-house at Timbur over years of experimentation. What started as a solution to fabrication challenges became the foundation of everything we do. Futurewood is our system. A system that has been engineered, refined, and adapted across projects and scales.

The process is simple: we laminate plywood sheets into solid volumes, carve them with robotic tools, and finish everything by hand. Every step happens under one roof. We don’t outsource. That control lets us push the material in ways others can’t.

We’ve used Futurewood in a wide range of contexts from functional objects to architectural installations, collectible furniture, and sculpture. It’s been tested through work for Daniel Arsham, Allbirds, Sol de Janeiro, and Bjarke Ingels Group. These collaborations helped shape the system as much as we shaped it.

Futurewood isn’t about plywood. It’s about what plywood becomes when treated as code, form, and structure. It’s more than a surface, more than a style. It’s the wood that comes after wood.

Daniel Arsham

An early adopter of Futurewood, Daniel Arsham has incorporated our material practice into two major limited edition collections: Objects for Living (Design Miami, 2019) and Objects for Living II (Friedman Benda, 2021). Each piece was developed from Arsham’s digital models and fully engineered in Futurewood. The result is an ongoing material relationship built on mutual trust and making.

Bjarke Ingels Group, One High Line

For a children’s playroom at One High Line, we proposed Futurewood as a solution to the project’s sculptural and functional requirements. The material practice supported the design’s complex forms and enabled the fabrication of elements like the climbing wall, puzzle wall, and upholstered storage bench. A rare application of Futurewood in a residential amenity space.

Sol de Janeiro, New York HQ

Sol de Janeiro approached us specifically for our Futurewood material practice, seeking to incorporate its sculptural character into their New York Headquarters. Through a collaborative design process with their team, we developed a two-part reception desk that merges sculptural expression, functionality, and branded color. A clear example of Futurewood’s appeal in commercial interiors.

MIAOU, Selfridges London

Commissioned by MIAOU founder Alexia Elkaim, this sculptural bust was fabricated in Futurewood for the brand’s Selfridges pop-up in London. Based on a 3D scan provided by the designer herself, the piece was rendered in our matte blackout finish and elevated as both mannequin and art object. A bold personal gesture captured in Futurewood.

Allbirds Retail Seating

Our first Futurewood commission, these sculptural chairs were designed by Partners & Spade and fabricated for Allbirds retail locations in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Chicago, and Seattle. Futurewood was selected from a wide field of material concepts for its ability to meet the project’s form, scale, and cost constraints. This project also enabled the development of our signature translucent finish, now central to our visual language.

Ezra Ardolino

As the creator of Futurewood, Ezra Ardolino has used the material practice as the foundation of his sculptural and collectible design work. From the layered geometries of the N90N series to the luminous modularity of Limina, his pieces explore form as data made physical. Futurewood is both the medium and the method.