If you recognize Sebastian Jansson’s name, he is the designer behind the beautiful Habitus stool that we featured and posted about on Deconstruction. He is exhibiting at Salone, and one of the new pieces he has is called the Mec Stool. Personally, I think that the photographs are stunning.
This stool is the result of research for a project developed at an International Summer Workshop held at the Domaine de Boisbuchet in collaboration with the Vitra Design Museum. The workshop was conducted by Stephen Burks, one of the leading lights of American design. The brief? To provide support based on various frequently adopted natural postures and objectify the concept as a mechanical extension of the human body. The Mec stool takes into account sit-to-stand movement and postural variations leading the body to lose balance at a certain point. The outcome? A highly personal though simple and rigid plywood structure, with a playful look.
Text by Georgina Oliver and photos by Alfredo Salazar.
Heather R. on 04.14.2010 at 16:29 PM
Apparently I’ve been sitting in stools the wrong way my whole life.
itbitme on 04.14.2010 at 18:33 PM
Good one Heather R. I think if you need to dress your design with photographs this provocative it makes it glaringly obvious that you wish that it had more personality in the first place.
enrolled agent exam preparation on 04.15.2010 at 11:38 AM
Wow! I thought this was a post for great stools. That model takes away the presence of the stools big time. Especially the last picture! I am wishing the stool wasn’t there at all!
Talk about stunning! And I don’t mean the stools!
clever tomato on 04.22.2010 at 07:39 AM
I’d have to see the stool in person. Seating should be inviting.
Ryan on 05.09.2010 at 08:14 AM
The photograph with the white background is beautiful, the rest are aweful. too bad.