The Geoform Reading Stool is a small reading stool designed to hold a book, and highlight in its form the characteristics of the book. It also involved working within physical constraints. It had to be built out of a plank of poplar, 60 inches long by 10 inches wide and it had to be beautifully composed using only four planes placed at ninety degree angles to each other.
Based on A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin, I decided to convey the qualities of strength, pride and nobility, demonstrated by the characters and royal families in the book, I leaned towards designs that would stand high off the ground and would look light and refined. After some iterations I began using the wood planes as hints of a castle-like appearance.
The final design stands lightly and proud , while subtly hinting at towers with its layered backrest. It holds the book closely in a defensive manner and conveys through its composition the qualities I looked for; strength, pride and nobility.
