On May 1st, we were guests in the courtyard of Nachbarschaftswerk Wagnis, where we built our first prototypes for a foldable stool. The goal? It has to be foldable, easy to construct, and customizable, so that not everyone just copies our fabulous design, but can create their own unique stool!
What we’ve ended up with is a stool that can fold up like an accordion, topped with a flat surface. This makes it super easy to store, like in the PONG kiosk, for example.
This construction method can lead to some quirky designs, turning the stool into an anti-design classic. Here, the building principle is set, but the design, dimensions, and wood preferences can be decided by the stool makers themselves. We think that’s fantastic and it results in truly unique stools!
The functionality of the stool is a bit hit or miss; balancing on it is definitely encouraged and essential!
You can build it using all sorts of leftover materials and paint it however you like. To cut the seat board to size, we first assemble the legs with the hinges. Then, we stand the legs up on a board and sketch the corresponding shape onto the board with a pencil.
Next, the board gets trimmed down, and ideally, you’ll end up with a perfectly fitting seat for your stool… It’s a bit tricky to explain, but you might catch a glimpse of it in the photos!
It’s great when all the legs are about the same length. We just trimmed them down to size in the end…
Parts:
- Hinges (Vormann DIN table hinge, wide 80 x 28 mm, galvanized) – they might be a bit on the small side, but they’ll do the trick!
- Wood scraps (boards, battens, etc.)
- Color