As a child grows, so to their toes grows – so do their legs grows, and so do their torsos grows. As a child grows, a parent might mark their height up against the wall with their age written close by. It is the warmth and positivity that this activity provides that designer Ho-Chieh Hsu hopes to capture and re-present in a chair which can be raised and lowered upon application or subtraction of books.
Lemme tell you about a couple things at this point: one, the immensely popular MeasureMe Stick by Studio 1a.m. which we’ve got both a post about and for sale in the YD Store, and two Mod U Me children’s furniture by Yana Tzanov and Stephanie Sauve, another bit of growing furniture that ties right in with this project “Stack Me Up” by Ho-Chieh Hsu. It is in this project that you find not only a chair that can grow upward as a child grows, but also acts as a storage place for those books while you’re not reading them. Encouragement for the kid! I can’t say quite as much for the spines of the books.
Designer: Ho-Chieh Hsu
the idea is neat but i dont think it would ever work properly in a normal family home…
the idea is neat but i dont think it would ever work properly in a normal family home…
The idea is neat, but I think the design needs to be revamped a bit before many people would use it in their homes…
The idea is neat, but I think the design needs to be revamped a bit before many people would use it in their homes…
Interesting at first glance, but the seat is too big for kids, the books will always look messy, it may be your least attractive chair in the room, and I would be surprised if this chair was comfortable to sit in. Sorry but this is not great design.
Interesting at first glance, but the seat is too big for kids, the books will always look messy, it may be your least attractive chair in the room, and I would be surprised if this chair was comfortable to sit in. Sorry but this is not great design.
There is a chair that carries same concept but better design in my opinion….
Galleria H2O chair designed by Martí Guixé. done in 2000.
http://www.collectguixe.com/H2O_H2O_Chair/H2O_cha…
http://www.collectguixe.com/03_galeria_h2o_chair/…
There is a chair that carries same concept but better design in my opinion….
Galleria H2O chair designed by Mart Guix. done in 2000.
http://www.collectguixe.com/H2O_H2O_Chair/H2O_cha…
http://www.collectguixe.com/03_galeria_h2o_chair/…
I love this innovation, it definitely brings out the love and warmth of the family as the review says.
However, with everyone reading online these days, this innovation may not be as practical anymore.
Along with the appearance and aesthetic-ness of a product, what's equally important is also the society's culture which the product exists in. The designer has definitely neglected this aspect. A user can still use other things to stack up the chair though, but then it's just that it'd lose the original ideal thinking that the designer has given to it.