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A bamboo stool made solely from combs and strips

Structural Fundamentals

A Royal College of Art Design Challenge: to make a functional stool from any one tool and single material (and nothing else)...

By employing fundamental structural laws, a surprisingly strong stool can be made using exactly 150 bamboo strips and 15 bamboo combs. The simplified iterative process is visualised here.

Tension Drafts

The Design

An interactive 3D model of the stool ↑

Finished Stool Portrait