Wyde Stool Design

The latest finished project of mine is a stool which was made for a furniture design course. The brief was to use an existing piece of furniture from a shortlist and use it as the inspiration for a design.

The inspiration I chose was a bench by Jon Goulder called LEDA seat. I chose to replicate the style of the seat in my own stool design with what tools were available to me. The slats are CNC machined high quality plywood and the legs are made from laser cut mild steel.

Currently it sits as a bedside table that i pull out on occasion as an extra seat if I've got a guest that needs to sit at my desk beside me. Having a blanket folded up an inserted into a cushion cover resting on the top of the stool makes for a great place to drop a phone onto after a long day and soothes the butt cheeks when you sit on it.

The final grade I received for this project was well below what i was expecting, especially considering the hours of designing and modelling to make sure that the curves would all align and the piece could be assembled in the real world, not just a CAD environment. I wouldn't say I'm a fan of the design wank that a lot of people seem to push these days, but I appreciate the artistic aspect of design. This piece is fairly far from the functional and simple form of design that I would prefer but its nice to try something different for a change.