When we were a young club kid, there was this place we used to hang out where, just underneath the plexiglass bar, was an installation consisting of a mesh screen which held free hanging straight pins. You could push them up with your hand and, while doing this with an individual straight pin would be very painful, the sensation of all of these pins pressing into your hand was very pleasant. We're thinking that these stools would be the same...
Kenneth Cobonpue Stools
Designed by Kenneth Cobonpue to support the craftsmanship and resources, primarily wicker and rattan, of his native Cebu in the Philippines, the seating is composed of natural rattan poles which sit on top of a polyurethane cushion and sink softly when sat on.
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Kenneth's always coming up with great new furniture using native materials. Oh, and sorry to be picky, but it's Philippines, not Phillipines. :-D
view saintmims's profile
It would either feel terrible, or great.
view spossberg's profile
"When we were a young club kid..."
Really? All of the AT editors were once condensed into a single club kid? I know this grammatical mash-up resulted from AT's insistence on "we," and there was already a rant about this on an earlier thread...
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/rugs-carpets/look-flor-tile-samples-049641
But honestly guys, no one minds if *Abby* was once a young club kid, or if Elizabeth's boyfriend (rather than some communal AT boyfriend) is creative with FLOR tiles. Letting go of the "we" concept is ok sometimes : )
view J's profile
The chair is a LOT more comfortable than it looks - Hard to describe the feeling - Sort of feels like you're getting a gentle butt massage when you first site down. There's a stool version at a store in DC called Muleh - It's on the pricey side but very cool and defintely a conversation peice for the home.
http://www.muleh.com/_live/_live.php?product=chiquita_stool
view London's profile
Agreed with the annoying use of "we." If "you" want to go for an anonymous, streamlined feel, you could reword things in the passive voice so that said bar just happened to exist without having been visited by any particular human.
view eeka's profile
these are suprisingly comfy and seems like a fairly doable DYI. the wooden dowels are individual pieces that sit on what looks like a foam cushion, so the dowels conform to your butt.
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