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Unusual Furniture Design: A Stool Created to Store Valuables

The Kabine 101

By Rain Noe - November 11, 2022

in Furniture Design

This highly unusual Kabine 101 piece of furniture was designed by Kabine, a South Korean storage furniture manufacturer. With this as the inspiration…

…the designers created this steel drawer box with an aluminum die-cast grille:

The idea is that you fill it with a leather insert…

…and use it to store valuables.

I think perhaps it was intended to be a standalone object, placed atop one of the company's storage cabinets.

But then they got the idea that it would actually be the seat for a stool.

It opens by pressing against the front, which then pops open.

I think the base needs a little more consideration, in order to match the style.

Otherwise, I'm not quite sure what to make of this object. The idea of storing valuables in something you sit on seems kind of discordant, but I am interested in the weird thinking, and want to see how this product--which is apparently in production--might evolve.

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gabor balint

2 years ago

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Is this really a stool? it looks like a stand for me and I coulnd't find any indication it would be a stool or pictures of people using it as such on the website either. Maybe it's just a standalone floating storage box. It is weird either way.

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Daniel Jordache

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The author has never heard of, or ever seen a jewelry/watch box. Its a box with a stand that doubles as a nightstand if you don't have one.... i dont know whats so confusing about this concept.

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Dee An

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Well, if the user lives in a small apartment, using the otherwise wasted space under a stool seat does make sense. My other thoughts are:
-are these valuables you want to grab in case of a fire, pass port and precious photos etc?
-Piano stools are often used for storage of sheet music.

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