Spring 2019
industrial
sponsored studio
Design a stool for Master & Master, a furniture manufacturer in the Czech Republic, that fits within their existing product line.
Continuous Stools is a collection of stools (a standard stool, counter stool, and bar stool) that are constructed from one continuous metal line. The stools maintain a sketchy, 2-D quality that is reminiscent of my initial iterative drawings.
I began by visiting Master & Master and talking to one of the company’s owners. While there, I took note of the company’s existing furniture line and the elements I thought I could play on.
To get my brain going, I took the letters of the alphabet and transformed them into stools.
I then moved beyond pen and paper and began constructing models out of wire. I would start with a single piece of wire and twist it until I had an interesting shape. I would then tape a piece of paper onto it and call it a stool.
All of my wire models were unable to stand on their own, so I began experimenting with bases. I explored three different bases: two-line wire bases, continuous line wire bases, and chunky Fimo bases.
After deciding which stool and base I liked best, I got ready to build a to-scale model of it. To start, I took my wire model and created a diagram that notated the stool’s dimensions for its front, side, and top views.
I then trekked down to the wood shop and begin building my stool from PVC and a heat gun. To start, I built a wooden frame of the stool to use as an outline as I shaped the PVC. I then heat up the PVC with the heat gun and began wrapping it around the frame. To finish it, I detached the PVC from the frame and adorned it with a wooden seat.
Fusion rendering of the standard stool, counter stool, and bar stool if they were to be made from a continuous metal rod and a plywood seat.
Final diagrams illustrating the dimensions for each stool’s front, side, and top views.
