Making Furniture with Magnetism

Our crack shot of an Art Director, Jason Babler, sent me a link to this video of Dutch artist Jólan van der Wiel’s Gravity Stool project. Here’s the description from the artist’s site:

The Gravity Stool owes its unique shape to the cooperation between magnetic fields and the power of gravity.

Departing from the idea that everything is influenced by gravitation, a force that has a strongly shaping effect, Jólan intended to manipulate this natural phenomenon by exploiting its own power: magnetism. The positioning of the magnetic fields in the machine, opposing each other, has largely determined the final shape of the Gravity Stool.

It is the combination of the magnet machine with the plastic material, developed especially for this purpose, that enabled Jólan to start a small but efficient chain of production. The forms and products are characterized by the freakish and organic shapes that are typical of nature itself.

The Gravity Stool

17 Responses to Making Furniture with Magnetism

sinas on January 19th, 2012 at 10:53 pm said:

Interestinmg production process,
Ugly stools.

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Eddy on January 25th, 2012 at 10:10 am said:

Question is, how sturdy are these stools? I would love to own one just for decoration, cause it’s an amazing process. It’s not that ugly sinas Divorce Lawyer Miami

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planella on January 30th, 2012 at 7:07 am said:

it’s very nice i will try to present them on my 3d simulators for my customers
http://www.planella.ch

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lailaandthestars on January 30th, 2012 at 2:25 pm said:

Reblogged this on lailaandthestars.

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Jeff on January 31st, 2012 at 1:28 pm said:

not a stool for small children then ay, you know since the legs are covered in spikes..? lol, awesome video though.

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bonanzaetfils on February 2nd, 2012 at 12:27 pm said:

Reblogged this on bonanzaetfils and commented:
Le banc magnétique, idée ingénieuse d’un artiste Néerlandais :
“The Gravity Stool owes its unique shape to the cooperation between magnetic fields and the power of gravity.

Departing from the idea that everything is influenced by gravitation, a force that has a strongly shaping effect, Jólan intended to manipulate this natural phenomenon by exploiting its own power: magnetism. The positioning of the magnetic fields in the machine, opposing each other, has largely determined the final shape of the Gravity Stool.

It is the combination of the magnet machine with the plastic material, developed especially for this purpose, that enabled Jólan to start a small but efficient chain of production. The forms and products are characterized by the freakish and organic shapes that are typical of nature itself.”

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rawli on February 8th, 2012 at 10:50 pm said:

I think if the designer would have taken a more professional video approach, such as the Dyson Campaign, It’d probably be more accepted. :30 second short forms would have sold me… I didnt know what I was watching for most of the video. -Rawli

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Office Furniture on February 10th, 2012 at 7:02 am said:

You made a blast, very informative post which i was searching for days back. Nice content proud to share on my blog too.

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B. on February 15th, 2012 at 2:50 pm said:

This is awesome!
I love the texture of the stools!

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barnies vagina on February 27th, 2012 at 2:18 pm said:

Cooler in the video than the actual pieces

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Виталий Ткаченко on February 29th, 2012 at 6:25 am said:

it’s very nice

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kristen on July 13th, 2012 at 4:18 pm said:

That’s magnets…not gravity

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siavash on February 17th, 2013 at 7:02 am said:

nice furnitures

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justin on February 17th, 2013 at 7:03 am said:

very nice creativity

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