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Graypants has created this beautiful chair, where the footstool can slide out from underneath the chair. It is a rather ingenious design that looks good at any configuration.
(via Inhabitat)
They have also created these very cheap "scrap chair" out of materials such as layered plywood, newspapers, cardboard boxes, and freight pallets. Again, simple but beautiful.
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Thomas Baekdal - Jul. 20, 2008
hmm... I hadn't thought of it that way... but lets call it a footstool just to be safe.
John - Jul. 20, 2008
Well, ingenious, except, as shown here, the rings of the ottoman aren't held together by anything. It would fall apart. To make this real I think you'd have to brace it at both ends at least which would prevent it from sliding or pivoting.
Thomas Baekdal - Jul. 20, 2008
John, I was actually wondering about this myself. I am not familiar with the structural strength of the wood, but maybe you could only brace it at one end, and leave the other free. That would still allow for the sliding movement.
Jared - Aug. 29, 2008
Dear genius- the ottoman is held together at the back. notice how it ia pulled through the chair, but not all the way, the back of the ottoman is connected, and the front part of the rings are not.
Published: Jul. 20, 2008 in Cool Objects
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Jonathan - Jul. 20, 2008
Doesn't an "ottoman" have to be padded? Otherwise it's just a foot stool I think.