Stocker Chair, Stool by Matthias Scherzinger

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DESIGN DETAILS
DESIGN NAME:
Stocker

PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Chair, Stool

INSPIRATION:
The consistently implemented design principle ensures a high degree of flexibility. This wooden chair combines aesthetics with functionality. Stacked onto each other, it can easily be stored and due to its innovative design, stocker can be pushed completely below a table. The inspiration was to create a type of chair for the time today, for a flexible and dynamic lifestyle without using hightech materials. The result is a lightweight chair, 100 per cent solid wood manufactured in traditional techniques.

UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Stocker is a fusion between a stool and a chair. The light stackable wooden seats are suitable for private and semiofficial facilities. Its expressive form underlines the beauty of our local timber. The intricate structural design and construction enables us with a material thickness of 8 mm to create a robust but light article weighing only 2300 Gramm. The compact construction of the Stocker allows space saving storage.

OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION:
Stocker is a lightweight chair with a weight of 2300 Gramm. It is easy to handle. Stacked onto each other, it can easily be stored and due to its innovative design, Stocker can be pushed completely below a table.

PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION:
Stocker is developed 2013/2014 in Glottertal, south of the Black Forest in Germany. After several design development and testing structural system, it is exhibited the first time in May 2014 in Basel/Switzerland, at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven in October 2014, IMM Cologne in January 2015, Ventura Lambrate Milano in April 2015, … D'Days Paris in June 2016, Design Week Paris in September 2016. Last time from the travelling exhibition "Handmade in Germany" UMAG Hong Kong in March 2017.

FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY:
Furniture Design

PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY:
solid wood oak, thickness 8 mm oiled surface Techniques: Due to its complex construction, despite its minimal material thickness, stocker has a excellent stability. The items of the frame are crossed in the traditional way of jointings. The seat is joined with molded tongues. Finally, all parts are glued together to miter. His ecological concept impresses resource conserving material usage, local wood sections and remaining pieces. Reducing the offcut to a minimum by using the CNC.

SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES:
Dimensions: W/D/H: 480/540/615 mm seat height: 450 mm seat: 395 / 330 mm back: 195 mm weight: 2,3 kg Three colours: 1. oak, clear oil 2. oak, white pigmented oil 3. oak, black stained, oil

TAGS:
FREUDWERK, Matthias Scherzinger, Stocker, chair, stool, solid wood

RESEARCH ABSTRACT:
The challenge was to manufacture in this minimal material thickness, 8 mm of solid wood a staple piece of furniture. It is essential to know and accept the basics how to work with solid wood. You have to accept grain direction and to follow the traditional way of jointings. Matched with influences and techniques from other professions like the architecture, steel bending, Origami, … It is a physical and manual design development. Because of the choice of the material solid wood that is still alive, it is inevitable to test and check all the time the construction and the aesthetic. Step by step the puzzle is together. Each component is in the same way important than all the others for the whole construction.

CHALLENGE:
The challenge was to manufacture in this minimal material thickness, 8 mm of solid wood a staple piece of furniture. It is essential to know and accept the basics how to work with solid wood. You have to accept grain direction and to follow the traditional way of jointings. Matched with influences and techniques from other professions like the architecture, steel bending, Origami, …

ADDED DATE:
2017-04-05 18:28:46

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IMAGE CREDITS:
FREUDWERK, Matthias Scherzinger

PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS:
Copyright FREUDWERK, Matthias Scherzinger

Visit the following page to learn more: http://www.freudwerk.com


CLIENT/STUDIO/BRAND DETAILS
NAME:
FREUDWERK

PROFILE:
FREUDWERK "Joyful Creative Handcraft from the Black Forest" combines modern aesthetics with established traditions. FREUDWERK develops objects that blend into and enrich your living environment. The exclusive selection of materials and products demonstrate quality and functional values linked with a pureness and clarity of form. The interplay between design and handwork is our major focus. Our intensive development process combined with an in depth know-how and a passion for details enhances our forms, materials, modern techniques and traditional handcraft. We highly value a respectful utilisation of raw materials. This is reflected in our simple form philosophy as well as in the selection and treatment of the materials. Our products are crafted in small quantities, which enables us to be flexible and cater to individual client demands. FREUDWERK articles have an individual timeless elegance combined with a long life durability. FREUDWERK stands for the highest demands in design and manufacture. Over several years as a carpenter, joiner and cabinetmaker the founder Matthias Scherzinger accumulated a profound knowledge in the application of timber, ranging from traditional handwork up to the most modern processing techniques. He then went on to the field of interior design before switching to industrial design. He has gathered valuable international experience in Finland, Switzerland, England and Ireland where he worked with the Joseph Walsh studio. In 2014 he returned to his home in the Black Forest and established the Label FREUDWERK.



NOMINATION DETAILS

Stocker Chair, Stool by Matthias Scherzinger is a Nominee in Furniture Design Category.

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Stocker Chair, Stool by Matthias Scherzinger is Winner in Furniture Design Category, 2016 - 2017.



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