They come from here. I got to take a look at the Davison Plyforms factory as a part of my model making class this semester. Davison Plyforms is the factory where all the Eames Lounge Chairs are made, which is really exciting!
They’re all molded from the same form, then cut into different shapes. This makes manufacturing less expensive, because they only need to make one set of molds for the plywood, and only need to have one machine to apply pressure to it.
This is what the machine looks like before it presses down the plywood. I forgot how much pressure is applied, but it was a huge amount. These chairs aren’t the Eames lounge chairs, but the Eames ones use the same machine, with a different form.
As it’s pressing on the plywood.
And when it’s pressed down all the way.
This whole thing is just so cool! It makes me want to rig up some molds and request veneer samples from somewhere, and see what I can make.