Fortress Stool
Collection Inside Out · 2022
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The label
- Designer
- Wendy Andreu
- Collection
- Inside Out
- Year
- 2022
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The story
The Fortress Stool is a wooden seat by Wendy Andreu, drawn from the structural logic of medieval buttress architecture.
The base is built from multiple intersecting vertical planks that create open sections and small projecting blocks on each face. This geometry echoes the load-bearing forms of castle walls: weight distributed through structure, not concentrated in mass. A rectangular top with a central cutout sits above the base, reducing visual weight and picking up the rhythm of the openings below. The dark brown-grey finish deepens the wood grain without concealing it.
Made from dark wood, the stool is solid in construction but carries warmth through the material. The intersecting plank system serves both functions at once: it holds the weight and defines the aesthetic. There is no element in the piece that is purely decorative.
Part of Inside Out, the Fortress Stool extends Wendy Andreu's interest in reading architectural and material history as source material for functional furniture. The reference here is not ornamental but structural: medieval builders solved problems with geometry, and the stool applies the same thinking at seat scale.
About Wendy Andreu
Wendy Andreu is a craft designer who aims to communicate through the materials she is using. By experimenting with them, she finds surprising outcomes that can be translated into functional design proposals. She is able to execute any idea that comes to her mind in order to check the potential of it. She likes to think of the bridges between matter, people and space in an open way. In her research, the context has as much importance as the concept, without forgetting the quality of the making and the aesthetic of the pieces.
Wendy Andreu won the Public Prize of the Accessory competition at the Villa Noailles in Hyères (2017) and won the Dorothy Waxman Textile Prize in New-York City (2017). In 2018, she got a grant from the Stimulerings Fund (NL) in order to develop her project Regen. In 2020, she was one of the Rising Talent France during Maison et Objet January edition. She is part of AD 100 France 2024.
Delivery
Every piece is packed and shipped under insurance, from the workshop to you. White glove delivery (unpacking, installation, packaging removal) is available on request. Delivery is not charged at checkout: we send you a quote within 24 business hours of your order. You have 5 days to accept and pay it (secure payment link or bank transfer), otherwise your order is cancelled and fully refunded.
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