
Felt Stool
<p>Dutch designer Hella Jongerius transforms everyday materials and processes into unexpected and lively design solutions. Jongerius created <em>Felt Stool</em> as a translation or reworking of an earlier porcelain stool designed as continuous band with gently rounded "legs." In contrast to the rigid porcelain stool, the felt version is lightweight and soft but retains a strong, graphic silhouette. Here, the thick and pliable fabric is laminated in multicolored layers over a metal support, challenging our notions about the nature and performance of textiles.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 2000
- Dimensions
- 50 × 40 × 25 cm (19 11/16 × 15 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Hella Jongerius
Artist

Ceramics
Hella Jongerius is a Dutch designer and artist working across ceramics, textiles, and furniture to examine the relationship between craft tradition and industrial production. Her practice often employs imperfection, layering, and tactile surface variation as deliberate formal strategies rather than technical failures. Working from her studio in Rotterdam, she has developed a distinctive approach to color saturation and material redundancy that resists the efficiency logic of mass manufacturing.
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- Hella Jongerius
- Year
- 2000
- Dimensions
- 50 × 40 × 25 cm (19 11/16 × 15 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-2000-134801
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
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