STOOD-UP-STOOL
Furniture Design | Socializing PointTechnopolis — Athens, Greece | 2013
Team: TiNi Group
Role: Founder, Designer
Role: Founder, Designer
Concept
Entertaining the idea that Greeks are often late to their appointments, TiNi Group designed a furniture dedicated to the ones who are on time — and often stood-up. The cultural relationship with time & punctuality is highligted in a humorous and playful way through design.
Awards
Publications
Greek Newspaper To Vima, digital version: tovima.gr
Entertaining the idea that Greeks are often late to their appointments, TiNi Group designed a furniture dedicated to the ones who are on time — and often stood-up. The cultural relationship with time & punctuality is highligted in a humorous and playful way through design.
Awards
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Pame-ekso
Contest Finalist | Athens Greece
- Pame-ekso Exhibition Finalist: 1:1 scale prototype
Publications
Greek Newspaper To Vima, digital version: tovima.gr
Role
Ideation, Concept, Fabrication Details, Build, Exhibition Booth
Project Status
Realised
Ideation, Concept, Fabrication Details, Build, Exhibition Booth
Project Status
Realised
SOCIALIZING POINT
The pyramidal form of the Stood-Up Stool creates a public meeting point that stands out of the urbanscape and attracts the eye of the passersby.
Two hourglasses placed on each seat count the minutes of waiting, prooving the Stood-Up status of the punctual person.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd6f35d364dfff757f509802d3649c5af2db007b95f6210648f17fe7df98193a/TIMELAPSE.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/529d75921ca6067fd220033be22010075452bba4fbd773257c9d747ae56b9fd1/3.jpg)
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/635014b90fbf81e9e0181feddf2c327aad17e2fe8a756642d2c0c9c8dd467d95/bDSC_0553.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/761fab0903e9d180970849ae330927cb2037d0dfa0ed600c59b89c7da77e3b9e/bDSC_0560.jpg)
Relevant to this day, Stood-Up-Stool is a socializing point encouraging face-to-face interactions
as much, as it is a commentary to the current socializing trends.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/37eda7bbaf03d63e85de72d25ddf35758a5d57f169b97c32b093131298ddc69f/SUStool.gif)
DESIGN DETAILS & FABRICATION
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/799524a2201e3a0db12847589d998df66420c3ac2a2ba040c460de07b3ea2428/7.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e0194d55d8883bcea5d3acabc450bb6e10b9c97188dde04108152d75164222d/5.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ac6a50d7c52a1bb9c99a00d21edf4b9003b4355f9192f6c337f9b1727ebf74b/6.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d9349b4533eaac32e5d199008f8bcffe30098945fb34f8e151f99535a9a2460/1.jpg)
Photography: TiNi Group