CLIVE Stool
Sleek and modern design hidden underneath the bed.
material by Oxford Brookes University
Designed around the curved laminated wooden components that were once bed legs, this stackable stool makes the most out of the wonderful beech laminate.
Strong, stackable and giving fantastic timber a second life.
Each stool finished in hard wax oil available in satin or clear.
Hight: 450mm
Width: 390mm
Depth: 390mm
Estimated Carbon Footprint: -3.2kg CO2
This means there is more CO2 locked in the piece than there is released during the process of transporting, machining and making it.
Sleek and modern design hidden underneath the bed.
material by Oxford Brookes University
Designed around the curved laminated wooden components that were once bed legs, this stackable stool makes the most out of the wonderful beech laminate.
Strong, stackable and giving fantastic timber a second life.
Each stool finished in hard wax oil available in satin or clear.
Hight: 450mm
Width: 390mm
Depth: 390mm
Estimated Carbon Footprint: -3.2kg CO2
This means there is more CO2 locked in the piece than there is released during the process of transporting, machining and making it.
Sleek and modern design hidden underneath the bed.
material by Oxford Brookes University
Designed around the curved laminated wooden components that were once bed legs, this stackable stool makes the most out of the wonderful beech laminate.
Strong, stackable and giving fantastic timber a second life.
Each stool finished in hard wax oil available in satin or clear.
Hight: 450mm
Width: 390mm
Depth: 390mm
Estimated Carbon Footprint: -3.2kg CO2
This means there is more CO2 locked in the piece than there is released during the process of transporting, machining and making it.
Previous Life
Starting life as a bed leg component at Oxford Brookes Clive Booth Student accommodations, this element was made to be sturdy. The original production method involved gluing thin layers of wood around a former to create the curved shape. Producing this component from scratch is labour intense requiring expensive set ups and lots of energy which would be lost with its disposal.
About the making
The CLIVE stool comes to life by splitting each bed leg in half to make two new stool legs. After mechanically removing the old lacquer finish (no toxic paint stripper used), fresh wood is revealed. Traditional mortice and tenon joinery hold the piece together.
The final touches are done by hand, edges sanded smooth and a protective coat of naturally derived hard wax oil applied, before leaving the workshop again.
Products made from natural and reused materials can vary slightly from the image and could include small marks from its past life. Should there be any, those will only be minor and won’t affect the item in any way.