Foldschool – a collection of do-it-yourself cardboard furniture for kids
As is generally known contemporary «design furniture» is expensive, however the history of design has proved that simplicity and elegance can be combined. That’s where foldschool intervenes.
One of the goals is to return design to one of its core aims: creating an aesthetic and functional product at a reasonable price through a smart production process and through appropriate dealings with resources.
As a countermovement to mass culture that is run by superficiality the mindset of foldschool is to put product and consumer in a personal relationship by understanding craftsmanship as a direct approach to design.
The concept of foldschool is based on sustainability playing out the qualities of a recycled material: folding a flat piece of cardboard according to ergonomic and formal considerations enhances its substandard value generating a spatial structure.
Cardboard is a highly suitable material for kids furniture: it is lightweight, it has soft and warm properties and the kids can paint on it. Once it has served its time it can be disposed of with a clear conscience. Foldschool patterns and a manual Do-It-Yourself instruction can be downloaded from its website for free.
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Foldschool is designed by Swiss-based architect Nicola Enrico Stäubli (Bern, 1978). He completed his degree in architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) in 2004. After he gained experience as an architect he decided to broaden his field of activity – since 2005 Nicola Enrico Stäubli has been working under the label of nicolafrombern as an independent architect and designer. Foldschool is his first mass product.
Nicola Enrico Stäubli
Aebistrasse 2
CH-3012 Bern
me@nicolafrombern.com
Mobile: +41 (0) 78 708 01 00
www.foldschool.com
www.nicolafrombern.com
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