Hinge Stool vs. Architect’s Chair

On May 1, we were guests in the courtyard of the Nachbarschaftswerk Wagnis and built first prototypes for a foldable stool. Goal: it must fold, be simple to construct, and be individually adaptable, so that not everyone copies our grandiose design, but instead designs their own stool. What emerged is a stool that can fold like a accordion, with a plank on top. This also makes it easy to store, e.g. in the Kiosk PONG. Hinge stool vs. architect’s chair

This construction can lead to obscure designs, and the stool thus becomes an anti-design classic; here the construction principle is prescribed, while design, dimensions, and wood wishes can be determined by the stool-makers, which we find great and which leads to individual stools. The functionality of the stool is variable; balancing on the stool is at least encouraged and necessary. Hinge stool vs. architect’s chair

You can build it from all kinds of scraps and also paint it to taste. To trim the stool plate, we first assemble the legs with the hinges. Then we place the legs on a board and draw the corresponding shape onto the board with a pencil. Then the board is cut to size and a (best-case) perfectly fitting stool top emerges… Difficult to explain, but it may be visible in the photos. Of course it’s great if the legs are all roughly the same length. In the end we cut them to fit… Parts: - Hinges (Vormann DIN-Tischband wide 80 x 28 mm zinc-plated), they’re a bit small, but it’s fine… - Wood scraps (boards, roof battens, etc.) - Paint