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Working Title: Makeshift Solutions become Casual Furniture

By Lisa Smith - October 21, 2010

in Object Culture

Drahtbank, top, and Kleiderstiele, bottom.

Berlin-based Johanna Dehio has released a series of furniture based on makeshift solutions, playing up our tendency to stack, lean and perch in a series of participatory products. A favorite is "Wandwinkel," or wall-angles, a sideboard and mirror that lean against the wall at an angle that makes them just stable. A similar gesture, "Kleiderstiele," or clothing-sticks, is a boiled-down coat rack—a broomstick to hold garments.

"Hockerbank," or stool-bench, and "Drahtbank," or wire-bench, are seating and table systems based on stacking. In Hockerbank, the stools fit into the tables, inspired by makeshift seating where a plank-like surface is laid over any supports available. In Drahtbank, metal frames are made for real scrap planks to fit in, locking the tables to the chairs in infinite variations,

Lots more shots follow.

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jersey phang

11 years ago

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how did you cut the circle?
is it from a different slab?
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krizia lucero

14 years ago

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this is so great!
simple solutions!
great ideas!
i'm a fan! : )
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