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University finds beauty in SterlingOSB
Norbord has supply Sterling OSB3 for use in major project on furniture design.
As part of the final year on the Industrial Design (BSc) course at Brunel University, students are required to complete a major project within a nine-month timeframe Norbord, the UK's leading supplier of engineered wood-based panels, has supplied Harry Osborne with Sterling OSB3 for use in his major project on furniture design
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 3 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The concept of this project originated when Harry first came across SterlingOSB3.
He explained "I have always been struck by its beauty and thought that more can be made of it than use as site hoardings and on prefabricated housing.
Finding more environmentally sensitive resources is a definite must in modern design and manufacture and I wanted to produce some furniture that was not only visually exciting but also justified its existence environmentally".
At first, Harry researched the applications for SterlingOSB in furniture design.
He added "Through my project, I wanted to raise the profile of SterlingOSB in furniture manufacture and see it more widely used in its untreated form".
So far, Harry has used eight sheets (2440mm X 1220mm) of moisture-resistant SterlingOSB3 and is working through the 250kg of wood wafers (raw product from which SterlingOSB panels is made) which Norbord donated.
"Norbord has a global presence, a strong reputation and a good supply chain which makes it easy to source products locally" said Harry.
"Norbord's strength and environmental credentials are what attracted me in the first place, as well as its manufacturing consistency making it reliable and easy to work with", he added.
"Norbord has been extremely supportive of me and without their help, this project would not have been possible.
Not only have they supplied me with a huge amount of SterlingOSB3 wood wafers for my research, they have also been invaluable in answering all my pestering questions".
Harry's project, along with all the other projects of fellow students, will be exhibited in June 2008 at the "MADE IN BRUNEL' show at the Business Design Centre in London. Request a free brochure from Norbord ...
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