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Wild Stool Invites nature into your space to make you feel relaxed

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Nature helps us feel relaxed and calm. We enjoy being immersed in nature and taking in Mother Earth’s beauty. For most of us, however, living in the wild is not a realistic option, but we can find a creative way to live with nature. The most common and simplest way to incorporate the natural world into our daily lives is to bring plants into our space. Having indoor plants not only improves the overall appearance of a room but also boosts moods, increases creativity, and reduces stress, especially when presented in a unique and interesting way.

Designer: Jorge Herrera Studio

Keeping your plants alive and healthy can be challenging for some people, including myself. Nurturing your plants can be demanding of time and an endless chore. You have to water them regularly, maintain the soil moisture at the correct range, keep them at the ideal temperature, and provide an adequate amount of sunlight.

If you wish to have house plants but do not have confidence in your botany skills to keep them alive, you are not out of luck. Wild Stool can be the answer that comes in the most unconventional manner. The collaboration between Spanish designer Jorge Herrera and Greenarea, a Spanish company that specializes in plant decoration, created a biophilic design with plant stabilization technology to deliver Wild Stool. A cylinder-shaped low stool with a transparent base that encapsulates a miniature natural landscape, Wild Stool brings nature into interior spaces with no maintenance needed. Now you can enjoy a bit of nature indoors without all the hassle.

Specimens placed inside the stool are treated with a conservation technique called stabilization, which replaces the natural spa of plants with preservatives. Stabilized plants and flowers retain their structure and natural freshness while eliminating the need for water, sunlight, soil, or fertilizer. The miniature landscape can be customized with mosses, lichens, branches, and flowers. Natural objects such as rocks and sea shells can also be added to create a terrain that provides you with a sense of comfort, tranquility, and inspiration.

Equipped with a natural wooden base, Wild Stool is available in three different seat options – birch, oak, or upholstered seat in sustainable Gabriel fabric for added comfort. The minimalistic design draws attention to the little garden inside the stool and also lets the seat blend seamlessly with existing furniture in your living space. Simple yet unexpected, this terrarium-turned-stool enlivens the space with wonders of the wilderness and gives you a comfortable seat as well.

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Cross Chair and Stool will have you always saying X marks MY spot

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Demeter Fogarasi Cross Chair and Stool 6

An accent chair provides extra seating for reading or quiet time in the home or office areas with more available space. Interior designers may use such a chair to create an attractive focal point in a room that may look dull without it. This furniture piece can also be a place for conversations, but those don’t flow naturally, so you need quirky elements that can make you think or go ‘wow’ to begin and easily create such a mood. It would help if you had something like a chair that makes you stop and think before you sit.

Designer: Demeter Fogarasi

Demeter Fogarasi Cross Chair and Stool 3

Finding the perfect accent chair can be a little challenging. Even with all the options available in furniture stores today, there aren’t many unique and appealing pieces that would catch your guest’s attention. There are a few like those from designer Demeter Fogarasi who thinks furniture can be like “jewels assigning life to spaces,” and can build an atmosphere for people to interact and discuss. His previous work, the Pinsofa, made an impression with striking looks like a giant pincushion, and the Cross Chair and Stool can do that as well, offering life to a corner.

Demeter Fogarasi Cross Chair and Stool 5

Like the other pieces in the collection, the Cross Chair and Stool series blurs the line between functionality and art. It stirs creative imagination and pleasant emotions by using scale manipulation to make the design amusing and playful. The new pair of seats shows a larger-than-life version of a cross (x) which can make you have fun with it—like a shrinking Alice in Wonderland.

Demeter Fogarasi Cross Chair and Stool

The chair and the stool use an X-shaped seat as their base, with cushioning covered in gray wool fabric. The only difference is that the chair also has an X-shaped backrest while the stool is made up of a single “X” only for the seat. Adding support to the seats and keeping them elevated above the ground are four slanted oak legs positioned underneath each point of the X. The wood material offers a neutral tone and warmth to the design, adding a solid structure and a clean look. The sight of the chair and stool will make you ask what spot the X marks.

The fabric-upholstered Cross Chair and Stool appear cozy and comfortable because of the foam padding. The modern form allows anyone to enjoy being imaginative as the simple yet quirky look will have you guessing what would look great with either piece. We’re thinking of a donut pillow to complete a makeshift furniture tic-tac-toe game. The Cross Collection series may be the missing piece in the equation—the equation of a visually pleasing room.

Demeter Fogarasi Cross Chair and Stool 2

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Orange is a modular stool inspired by the fruit of the same name

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There are people who just want to have a chair to sit on while doing something, waiting for someone, or for resting. But there are also those who want to have decorative chairs in their homes, either to match their theme or to have some functional conversation pieces lying around. There are of course those that can be comfortably functional but also uniquely designed at the same time. Most of those that are highly decorative don’t have the comfort of the user as a priority though. This new design, inspired by fruit of all things, may be the latter but may also be the former if done right.

Designer: Harry Rigler

This new concept for a stool is inspired by a fruit and that’s where its name also comes from: Orange. The inspiration is not just in the color but even more so on how an orange actually looks. The seat itself is “filleted” like slices of the fruit and comes in a clear, dome hemisphere and also uses a chamfered edge or bevel. It has tripod-like legs as its base which is where the comfort concern comes in as most stools with three legs that I’ve encountered aren’t the most comfortable.

But when it comes to stools looking pretty, this design has it covered. It would look right at home in hipster bars or coffee shops or if your house or office has that kind of vibe, then it’s something that would look right at home. It is also designed to be easily assembled and disassembled and stored if not needed. There are only five parts that you need to figure out which include the dome, the compartments inside the seat, the magnetic lid, the tripod, and the system that holds it all together.

 

Still, the most important thing for a lot of people when it comes to chairs or stools is if it will be comfortable enough to use. We can’t really tell based on the product renders if it’s something that can be used for a few minutes or an hour or if it’s just something you sit on so you can experience sitting on an orange or take a picture of you sitting on a fruit-inspired stool.

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Bond bench concept design opens to reveal two stools with storage underneath

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Bond Stool 2022

James Bond.–we’re confident that’s what came to your mind immediately after learning about the name of this stool. Well, this doesn’t have anything to do with Agent 007, but this kind of furniture piece will have you and your partner bond like there’s no tomorrow.

This is just a stool, but its particular purpose is to make two persons live in unity. How? You open the stool system and separate the parts to seat two persons. Some people will probably not understand the point because the stools are too close, but the Bond can be perfect for couples always on the go.

Designer: Ricardo Sá

Bond 2022 Designer

If you and your partner love going out, you can sit together on the stools while you wear your shoes and before you head out the door. Bond is just to be closer with one another because, you know, some couples just can get enough of each other.

The Bond stool system also features some storage space inside. You can put anything inside, like maybe your shoes or your laptop. Likewise, you can probably put there your purse or just about anything you don’t want to forget.

Bond 2022 Design

Bond 2022 Form

Bond 2022 Details

The Bond is mainly made of wooden material, so you know it’s durable enough to withstand the test of time. The seat material appears to be cork so that it can be comfortable. When closed, Bond looks more like a bench or a horse saddle. Of course, you’d only be sitting on the Bond for a few seconds or minutes, but you would be guaranteed comfort.

Bond 2022 Structure

Bond is a stool that’s been designed for sharing and storage. This furniture piece can greet people coming into your home and can be an instant conversation starter. When closed, others will see it as more of a bench for the entryway, but it turns out to be stools for two persons. It’s an example of a space-saving furniture item that we like to see more in the future.

Bond Chair 2022

Bond’s aesthetics is minimalist, like anything Japanese or Scandinavian. It’s the kind of furniture piece that is now trendy these days. We highly doubt people will ever get tired of such aesthetics because simple and neutral designs are timeless.

The cork material makes any product or object unique. The choice of cork especially in home goods strikes the balance between sustainability and practicality. Such products have already been designed to prove that sustainable material is here to stay. There’s another cork that makes for a sustainable future. More cork products have been introduced like modern sneakers and cork headphones.

Bond Stool 2022

Bond 2022 Design

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Wolf stool concept has storage space for easy access to stuff

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Are you the kind of person who would look at clouds and try to see what shapes or creatures you can see there? If yes then you’re probably a pretty creative person who can see all sorts of things in different figures and structures even without hearing the name of the product concept. So even though there’s no description or explanation, you probably understand why this new product concept for a stool is called Wolf.

Designer: Deniz Aktay

The German-based designer is making a name for himself with his unique takes on simple furniture like bookshelves, lamps, and chairs. This new concept for a stool is called Wolf and if you let your imagination run a little wild, you’ll be able to see a wolf in the shape of this minimalist piece of furniture. In fact, the shape of the stool looks like a logo for a new video game or a brand that gives off a scary, wolf vibe.

Well the stool itself isn’t scary at all. It has three plywood elements that are put together with a bent metal sheet. There’s a big triangle in the seat part with bent edges for the corners. The design is pretty simple but also innovative in its shape. The triangular middle part can actually be turned into a small storage area. You can put items like your phone, the book that you’re currently reading, a notebook and pen for easy access if you need to write something down, and other small things you want at easy reach.

Just like some of the interestingly-designed stools and chairs that we’re seeing, they don’t seem to be too comfortable for sitting in a long time. Sure they add to the aesthetic of your room but it’s probably more decorative than practical, at least on the concept renders. Who knows, this Wolf might be a pretty cozy stool after all.

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OO STOOL x PLASTICIET is one colorful and sustainably-designed flat pack furniture piece

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OO STOOL x PLASTICIET Limited Edition Designer

The OO Stool entered our consciousness a couple of years ago before the pandemic hit. It made an impression that it was flat-packed better than any Ikea stool and didn’t need any screws.

The studio behind the OO Stool has teamed up with another group to develop a new version. Meet the OO Stool X Plasticiet. The limited-edition series is a fresh take on the flat-pack stool. It’s a more sustainable version as it is made of plastic waste.

Designer: 56 Hours

OO STOOL x PLASTICIET Limited Edition Series

The Reduce, Reuse, Recycle campaign is going places. 56 Hours Studio came up with the product using material from a chocolate factory. Specifically, polycarbonate molds used for the chocolates in the factory have been used. The molds were gathered, shredded, melted, and then compressed into solid sheets. The company Plasticiet produced the material post-industrial plastic waste.

The OO Stool X Plasticiet can be flat for packaging and transportation. It can also be considered by Ikea like the original OO stool. The latter was also considered environment-friendly as it was made using CNC from different kinds of materials like wood, bamboo, plastic, single board, and reclaimed doors.

OO STOOL x PLASTICIET Limited Edition Where to Buy

The OO Stool X Plasticiet is the same as the original version except for the material. The collab with Plasticiet resulted in this furniture item that helps reduce waste. This project aimed to make a new edition of the OO stool, which was made possible with Plasticiet.

Like the original version, this one doesn’t need any tool to assemble—only the hammer that is cut from the same sheet. You don’t even need to use nails or screws here. It’s also a flat-pack design for easy transport and storage.

OO STOOL x PLASTICIET Limited Edition Where to Buy OO STOOL x PLASTICIET Limited Edition Features

The material is almost new and shows us that plastic and other materials can be reused. But, of course, they need to pass a different process. The flatpack stool comes with a beautiful, colorful pattern. The 56 Hours Design Studio made this edition as they reimagined ways to use and reuse plastic material. There is potential in used plastic, and the flatpack stool isn’t the only one. Expect more furniture pieces and items will be made with plastic material.

OO STOOL x PLASTICIET Limited Edition Design

Stools serve different purposes and they can be used in different places at home and outdoors. We have seen other interesting designs like the Mini Stools by Napp Studio and that laser-cut steel stool that looks a lot like a parked spaceship from a sci-fi movie. The Front Stool’s intuitive design allowed it for more functions. This OO Stool is somewhat similar to That Stool for its flat-pack design.

OO STOOL x PLASTICIET Details

OO STOOL x PLASTICIET Design Project

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Carpet Matter Project transforms carpet waste into useful products

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Carpet Matter Coffee Table Design

Not many people realize this, but the amount of carpet waste is excessive. Many groups focus on plastic waste, but we tend to forget about carpets. Unfortunately, as regular fixtures in homes, rugs also tend to be susceptible to damage.

Carpets get thinner and the bad odor can’t be easily removed. It may be best to throw them, but one must know how to dispose of the items properly. More often than not, used carpets are just left in dumpsites. Before the landfill gets complete with toxic waste, we must start planning on how to properly reduce, reuse, and recycle the carpets.

Designer: Riccardo Cenedella

Carpet Matter Coffee Table Legs

Italian designer Riccardo Cenedella has introduced a new stool, table, and lamp handcrafted using Carpet Matter. The latter is a new material that takes advantage of carpet waste. The goal is to make valuable products from old carpets to help achieve a more sustainable future.

The Carpet Matter has been transformed into a lamp and a stool. They are one-of-a-kind but still serve their purpose as a seat and as illumination to the surrounding areas. This project is beneficial as carpets’ disassembly isn’t exactly easy.

Carpet Matter Stool

Cenedella knows the challenge of waste management and there’s not much proper planning for rugs and carpets. However, he managed to work with synthetic materials, including carpets, and developed a technique that will let him reshape them. The waste material can then be repurposed to create different items like furniture pieces.

Carpet Matter Coffee Table 2

Carpet Matter Lamp Design

For this project, the designer collected carpet waste from local shops. The first product is the Carpet Matter Lamp made from waste material and an LED Neonflex. The light strips look like neon lights that offer illumination. There are different lamp versions, so you can expect almost unique creations.

The Carpet Matter Stool is simply a block of stool that can serve as seating. The same material is also used to create the Carpet Matter Table series. It is a collection of tables of different shapes and sizes with carpet waste material. With his work, the designer’s goal is to raise environmental awareness. He knows that wasted material can be used and transformed into valuable products.

Carpet Matter Coffee Table Legs

The Carpet Matter project has already produced lamps, stools, and tables. However, we believe more items can still be made. We imagine bigger chairs, other table forms, and maybe shelves. The waste carpet can also be used to create smaller objects like pots, jars, desk trays, and more.

Carpet Matter Stool 2

Carpet Matter Stool 3

Carpet Matter Lamp Details

Carpet Matter Lamp 2

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Tippi Chair is meant to tilt and tip at a comfortable angle

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Tippi Chair Concept

The chair is a piece of furniture with one primary purpose: to be sat on. It will never lose its purpose, and it will remain a significant fixture not just around the house but almost everywhere.

Chair design throughout the years has continued to evolve. You will no longer just find a basic chair because plenty of creative people are trying to reinvent design. The aesthetics of the chair often reflects the style of a designer. It also showcases a person’s thought process.

Designer: Joshua Corder

Tippi Chair Release

For Joshua Corder, the Tippi Chair tells us a person’s tendency to play with a chair, so it tips over. Instead of coming up with an asymmetrical chair, he comes with something that has a sloped back and angled front. The Tippi Chair’s name is derived from the “tip” movement.

The chair with the height of a stool offers a tip function which is made easier with a 5-degree tip angle. The Tippi Chair doesn’t really have separate legs but the front and back support serve the same purpose. There is a small curved backrest that makes it easy for anyone to grab and carry the chair. The space underneath serves as storage for your bag or shoes.

Tippi Chair Product DEsign

Tippi Chair Form Function

The Tippi Chair reminds me of some cool and quirky bookshelves. It’s stylish and something that would look great in a college dorm or a young couple’s apartment. It may also be ideal on an entryway, allowing you to sit down and wear or take off shoes with more convenience.

Tippi Chair Design

It really is more of a stool with its height. It’s not something you can use as a dining chair or as an office chair. It’s the kind you will place in corners or use to hold small objects for easy reach. We’re assuming this can hold most weight so it can also work as a step-stool for when you want to reach the top of a shelf or cabinet.

Tippi Chair Features

Tippi Chair Details

A number of interesting chair designs are being introduced left and right. The Please Hold Up Chair showed us what you can do with polyurethane foam. The Meditation Chair is made of  100% recycled plastic waste. There’s also the Flip Flap Children’s Chair. Looking very similar to the Tippi Chair is the Rool or Rocking Stool. It’s more of a rocking chair that can rock from side to side. Every chair we’ve featured here is decorative so we can say they all offer beautiful form and function.

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Tippi Chair Purporse

Tippi Chair Images

Tippi Chair Images

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This set of Mini Stools show off modern and contemporary style

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Napp Studio Mini Stop

Stools aren’t exactly an important fixture in most homes but people buy them because they serve many purposes. You use them for casual seating or maybe to work as a stand when you want to reach something high.

The Mini Stools by Napp Studio are modern versions of the stool chairs usually seen in Asia. Stools are common in everyday settings where people gather to talk and just be with one another to catch up on stories. These stools are ready for another round of stories wherever you are in the world.

Designer: Aron TSANG and Natalie KO

Napp Studio Mini Stop

The small stools are redesigned into something more multi-functional and contemporary. It’s also undeniable they have a major aesthetic appeal. The seats don’t look the same as each differs from the rest. Napp Studio knows contemporary design and can deliver stools using three kinds of solid wood.

The Mini Stools appear they are made using different objects. They’re just made of wood in different shapes and sizes. The natural wood finish is used and complemented by green paint on some parts.

Each stool is designed after a word: lean, tread, lay, and stamp. Looking at every piece is like looking at what could have been the design process of the creators. Only one stool has a round seat, while the three others appear square but in different styles.

Napp Studio Mini Stop

Napp Studio Mini Stop

There are other stool designs we found as interesting as the Mini Stools. We showed you furniture designs that prove stools are better than chairs for posture. The laser-cut stool looks like a parked spaceship, while the Front Stool boasts an intuitive design that allows it to work beyond as an entryway seat.

We found the 360-degree rotating ergonomic stool environment-friendly. We also enjoyed looking at the oddly satisfying stool design using just three interlocking strips of wood. In many ways, the Mini Stools set reminds us of the accordion-shaped seat but without playing a musical note.

Napp Studio Mini Stop

The Mini Stool isn’t anything like the Eulji-ro Stool, but they both make gatherings happen. People who love to be together will need options to be comfortable. Such stools will be of optimum use for hours as long as people talk and enjoy each other’s company.

Napp Studio Mini Stop

Stools are timeless and the Mini Stools can last forever. Well, not forever, but it’s durable enough to last a lifetime. The designers give the ubiquitous stool a modern and contemporary look. The Mini Stools can be mistaken for a sculpture installation if you just leave them somewhere.

Napp Studio Mini Stop

Napp Studio Mini Stop

Napp Studio Mini Stop

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Front Stool’s intuitive design allows it to function beyond as an entryway seat

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Front Stool Design

When you are an automotive design student, it may feel restrictive to design just vehicles. Perhaps that is what Ji Woong Cha feels, so he decided to work on the Front Stool. He must be interested to see what his design process will come up with. The result is this Front Stool he imagined for a single-person household.

The Korean designer noted the importance of designing for a smaller space. A small household cannot hold many items, so a functional shape is preferred. The Front Stool comes with a modern and intuitive design that fits right at the entrance. It’s more than just a stool as it also works as an umbrella stand and support for when you need to put on or take off your shoes.

Designer: Ji Woong Cha

Front Stool Launch

The Front Stool combines two stools in different materials and thicknesses. The wooden part can either be Walnut or Cypress while the other part made of High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE) material comes in four color options—Light Gray, Crimson Red, Blue Green, or Dark Gray. It comes packed in a small rectangular box with separate pieces secured and organized.

Stool + Footrest + Umbrella Stand

The Front Stool is easy to assemble with dowel pins and holes and requires minimal maintenance. We like that you can use the HDPE part or the footrest to put your foot on when you need to tie your shoelaces. The level is not the same height as the stool, so it’s convenient to use. When not in use, you can use the Front Stool to store your shoes or slippers.

Front Stool

Front Stool Example

The designer of the Front Stool is an automotive design student. He has designed several concept cars and motorbikes. This is the first time Ji Woong Cha is sharing his furniture design. However, we believe this won’t be the last as what he just presented shows he has the potential to go beyond designing cars. This young designer should consider this industry for he’s got a knack for intelligent and functional design.

Front Stool Sample

Front Stool Detailed Design

His early sketches show the intuitive design and we see an organized design process. He sees a universal need and works to deliver an intelligent solution. As a result, he was able to make a simple furniture item into something functional, practical, and beautiful at the same time. The Front Stool may be left outside your door and remain in the entryway, but we know it can draw compliments for its unique design.

Front Stool Sktetches

Front Stool Illustration

Front Stool Design Details

Front Stool Colors

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