Since ancient times, sitting has been an act associated with authority, reserved for those at the top of a hierarchy. A king’s throne, an ecclesiastical or university cathedra or the indigenous stools of certain tribes have represented, and continue to represent, a person’s authority. Between the seats that have been imagined, three-legged ones have been among those preferred by several cultures, whether for utilitarian or symbolic reasons, from rural milking stools to the tripods of ancient Greece.

Palin is a tripod stool. Its seemingly arbitrary design allows a pair of stools to form a rectangular one, but also multiple shapes, larger and increasingly complex as more units are added. The seat of each pair is made of solid wood and comes from the same tree, as do the legs. When joined in the rectangular pair configuration, the seat restores the continuity of the wood grains of its original tree, and its legs form semi-cylinders, and cylinders when more than four units are joined.

Thus, the unit functions autonomously as an individual stool, of striking amplitude, but which cannot be fully understood without at least one other unit that makes it collective.

Design:

Fernando Delgado

Date:

2024

Dimensions:

140,0 x 35,0 x 38,5 cm

Material:

Solid wood (peroba mica wood and sucupira wood)

Craftsman:

Ednei José Vardiero

Photos:

Pedro Barcellos