Nicola Enrico Stäubli: Foldschool
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.24.07
"Mass culture is run by superficiality and ecological absurdity. Foldschool supports craftsmanship as a face-to-face approach to design and brings together product and user the closest possible.
The mindset of foldschool is to restore design to one of its original missions: to provide a product at an affordable price through a smart manufacturing process.
Foldschool is a collection of free cardboard furniture for kids, handmade by you. The ownloadable patterns can be printed out with any printer. Follow the instructions and assemble a stable piece of furniture."
You can download a free, full scale pattern from Foldschool or build a 1/6 scale miniature:
Foldschool is designed by Swiss-based architect Nicola Enrico Stäubli. He is living and working as an independent architect, designer and bike messenger. Foldschool is his first mass product, cardboard furniture hand-crafted by the consumer.
