Polistool rev.1
Formed from a single sheet of recyclable metal, the Polistool rev.1 explores balance, perception, and continuity. Its polygonal form folds and bends into a structure that is both open and closed, revealing shifting geometries as one moves around it. Each facet reflects and refracts light differently, creating a dialogue between stillness and motion, a piece that, in essence, is constantly recycling its own form.
Beyond material sustainability, the project reflects a deeper understanding of what it means to make responsibly. Shown at the Green Design Festival in Athens (2010), the stool embodies a belief that design should sustain not only materials, but also the processes, skills, and communities that give objects life.
Polistool rev.1 speaks to the sustaining of craftsmanship, the carpenters, metalworkers, welders, potters, cobblers, and tailors whose knowledge and touch carry centuries of tradition. In preserving these small workshops and local makers, we preserve a way of thinking, a rhythm of making, and a human connection that extends beyond the object itself.
Through material, process, and reflection, the Polistool rev.1 becomes a quiet meditation on renewal, of form, craft, and community.
Designed with: Brian Ward.
Year produced: 2010.
Material: Recycled aluminium.
Dimensions: 480 x 400 x 440 mm (width x depth x height).
Photo credits: Silvio Rusmigo.
© Constantinos Economides, Brian Ward 2004 - 2025.
