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Grada: A Stool Perpetually Interlocking onto Itself

Albert Puig and Benjamin Migliore, the two designers behind Puig Migliore, have designed a stool to resemble what they call the “perpetual cycle” of material interlocking into itself. Resembling Escher’s images with no start and end, Grada is made from multiple controlled cuts to generate these staggered, three-dimensional volumes with a continuous sense of movement.

From the top, the four legs of the stool look like they are interwoven with each other: this creates a cyclical sculptural design and also gives shape to the object (and a convex resting place for your sit bones!).

Grada also comes as a chair with layered cuts creating deep shadows off the surface of the object.

Keshia grew up in Singapore before moving to the United States to attend Dartmouth College. After graduation, a chance enrollment at the Architectural Association Visiting School sparked her interest in architecture and design writing. She is particularly interested in design for aging, rural architecture, and Asian design heritage.