Sometimes stuff just catches me a certain way and I can hardly stop laughing, and this Sella Bicycle Seat Stool is one of those items. Designed by Achille Castiglioni, it's really a very simple creation consisting of a black racing bike seat on a pink steel column and (get this) a rocking base.
I totally understand that in many ways furniture design is an art form and practical usability isn't always a top priority, but if you're going to call something a stool there's at least a slight implication that it could be sat on, if you were so inclined. But I'm afraid anybody trying to take a seat on this baby is simply cruisin' for a bruisin'. Oh well, it does look nice! £336.
Via Wists
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1-25-2008 @ 12:51PM
kevjohn said...
Maybe it's just meant to be leaned on? Rock it forward, aiming for your tookus, then lean on back.
Or maybe Castiglioni figures the bicycle seat would be so uncomfortable to sit on (unless your last name is Armstrong and your first name happens to be Lance) that no one would want to do it for very long. Thus the unstable base.
These are just theories of course.
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2-02-2008 @ 8:10PM
Scott Rafer said...
Weird timing. I saw this at Limn this morning in SF. I can sit on it easily for some reason. I need a tiny footprint extra chair for my office. I'm oddly tempted though $800 is pushing beyond the level of my frivolity.
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