Joris de Groot is a designer searching for the tension
between craftsmanship and industry in his work.
Interested in collaborating
within the industry, De Groot creates his own workplace within the factory
grounds. Once familiar with the process of the
existing techniques, De Groot
experiments with the available machinery and materials for new innovative uses.
For the project WELD STOOL, De Groot has collaborated
with Lever Kunststoftechniek and Hubbers BV.: an industrial plastic mounting
company and a company which specialized in the producing of custom fit
interiors.
By researching these two companies and by joining the
forces of both parties, the series WELD STOOL originated. Within this
collaboration the welding technique and plastic
material of Lever Kunststoftechniek has been used. The sophisticated custom fit
of the wood and the various cutouts of the pattern pieces are executed by
Hubbers BV.
The form is achieved by
doing research to the folding technique which Charles Eames applied to his
Plywood experiment in 1946. This way of designing
provides the strength, the detail for technique, and an easy manufacturing
process. The material that has been used for the stools is mainly composed from
recycled PE.
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