Comments on: Market Stool

By: Deep Craft :: E LA VA TIWO

Deep Craft :: E LA VA TIWO — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:37:31 +0000

[...] living in a ‘traditional society’ in West Africa, and I find myself looking anew at treasures and discoveries culled from this formative [...]

By: Deep Craft :: Plow Chair Morphology

Deep Craft :: Plow Chair Morphology — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:42:20 +0000

[...] Donald Fortescue commented on one of my recent posts, making the connection between my story of the Market Stool and Hella Jongerius’ Kasese Chair. I wanted to share some of my own explorations with the [...]

By: Scott Constable

Scott Constable — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:30:11 +0000

Thanks for that, Donald, I had not seen that chair, but I like her work in general. Wasn’t she involved with Droog?

By: Donald Fortescue

Donald Fortescue — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:55:47 +0000

Scott
The sketch and image reminded me of Hella Jongerius’ Kasese chair. Her version is made of carbon fiber and felt and is in production. It was based precisely on a chair that she found in Kasese, Uganda whose form more closely resembled a plow than a chair.
You can see more of her version on her website – http://www.jongeriuslab.com/site/html/work/kasese_chair/

By: alika cooper

alika cooper — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:15:20 +0000

beautiful.