Bechara Maalouf
Furniture
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Contract Design
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EXPLORATION
Stoop Stool
New York City
Date: 2021 - Present
Stoop Stool redirects excess wood from Chassie’s production line into playful and coloful furniture. These vibrant recycled stools are then placed randomly around NYC offering everyone a chance to engage with sustainability and design. Aimed at bringing more creativity and color to the streets by way of “stooping”(seeking second-hand furniture on city curbs), Stoop Stool is a pay-it-forward gesture and object of love after pandemic challenges like lockdowns.
EXPLORATION
Stool Stooping
New York City
Date: 2022
Stoop Stools are left on stoops. They are left on the streets for the people who see the value in curbed
objects. For people to enjoy the experience of giving new life. An interaction with a Stoop Stool might alter
our perception of the world, ignite a thought process about the way things can be made. It’s a different way
of doing things.
COMMISSIONS
Stoop Coffee Tables
New York City
Date: 2022
Made with a CNC machine, the Stoop Stool is an
entirely press-fit assembly. It requires only a short
amount of machine time, no hardware and no wood
glue. The fabrication method and aesthetic of the colored baltic birch plywood was easily adapted into coffee tables for client commissioned pieces.