The Simple Things: Minimal Folded-Aluminum Seating Set | Designs & Ideas on Dornob - Feed https://dornob.com Architecture, Interior and Furniture Design Thu, 07 Aug 2025 23:57:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 The Simple Things: Minimal Folded-Aluminum Seating Set https://dornob.com/the-simple-things-minimal-folded-aluminum-seating-set/ Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:00:01 +0000 http://dornob.com/?p=38829 Constructed from millimeters-thin sheets of aluminum, each folded only a few times, this bench-and-stool furniture set is at once simple and complex. Sara Mellone‘s process for construction is straightforward and structurally honest – each piece of aluminum is folded exactly as you see it, and there is not cutting, which minimizes difficulty as well as […]

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Constructed from millimeters-thin sheets of aluminum, each folded only a few times, this bench-and-stool furniture set is at once simple and complex.

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Sara Mellone‘s process for construction is straightforward and structurally honest – each piece of aluminum is folded exactly as you see it, and there is not cutting, which minimizes difficulty as well as waste.

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At the same time, the visual results are rich thanks to the reflectivity of the constituent material (except in the cases where it is powder-coated) and the variability of the physical outcome.

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No two pieces are alike, and each reflects the same kind of whimsy found in subconsciously-folded slips of paper, which was the inspiration for these pieces in the first place. The series is also a great reminder of the power of conceptual simplicity, and how design doesn’t have to look difficult even when it is.

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