softseating™
folding paper stool, bench, and table
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softseating folding paper stool stores compressed like a book. This paper furniture unfurls into a circular paper stool or low table or stretches into a long paper bench. Structured with honeycomb geometry, the foldable seat takes on surprising strength and flexibility. Multiple elements can be stacked to create playful hills and display podiums or connected by their magnetic end panels to form long, winding benches and creative seating topographies.
brown and blue paper furniture is made from wood harvested from FSC® Certified (FSC® C158591) responsible sources and coated with a non-toxic fire retardant.
Wider softseating can transform in shape from a stool to a bench.
24-inch (61-centimeter) diameter stool expands to 6-foot (1.8-meter) long bench
36-inch (91-centimeter) diameter stool expands to 8-foot (2.5-meter) long bench
molo softseating folding stools are in the permanent collections of several museums, including New York's MoMA, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Design by Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen
Contact us at +1 604 685 0340 or sales@molodesign.com for more information or to discuss a purchase
softseating is family of flatpack furniture available in two heights and three diameters.
Felt pads, available from molo, offer a comfortable seating surface and help slow patina formation.
Depending on diameter, an individual element fans open into a paper stool or stretches into a bench.
Build playful seating hills by stacking different sizes of softseating together.
softseating has an expressive form that prioritizes poetic beauty and sculptural flexibility.
Create serpentine benches and complex figure-eights by layering seating over itself and connecting it to other elements.
Optional carry totes are available for the two smallest sizes of softseating folding stool.
magnetic connectors
Magnetic end panels form the last layer of each fanning stool, creating a strong, natural clasp for the seats to connect to themselves or to other modular elements.
patina
With use over time, the top surface softens and folds into a unique, organic pattern. The crushed facets catch light in a beautiful, variegated way, while the honeycomb geometry of the structure below remains strong and intact.
eco-friendly table tops
Convert any softseating folding stool to a low table with a PaperStone® top.PaperStone® is a Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certified, durable, non-brittle panel pressed from resin and post-consumer recycled paper and cardboard.Warm to the touch like wood, with a hardness similar to stone, PaperStone® is certified food safe by NSF International and Class A fire rated. molo makes PaperStone® table tops in brown, grey and black, and sizes to match each diameter of softseating and cantilever table. The PaperStone® tabletop material is highly water resistant, suitable for wet environments and finished by molo with a clear, flat/matte, Milesi 7° sheen, polyurethane top coat.
paper folding furniture
brown and blue paper molo furniture is made from wood harvested from FSC® Certified (FSC® C158591) responsible sources and coated with a non-toxic fire retardant.
water resistant textile
The textile version of softseating is a recyclable, durable, non-woven polyethylene that is water-and tear-resistant.
GMUND Paper
The deep blue and glacier blue papers are produced in partnership with Gmund, a storied German manufacturer that has been producing paper for nearly 200 years. Working in close collaboration with Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen, Gmund has developed new papers that balance rigorous technical and sustainability requirements with the more poetic sensibilities of the collection.
Learn more about molo’s partnership with Gmund in our Stories section.
flexible use
The versatile form also functions as a low folding table with optional tops made from natural heathered grey wool felt or PaperStone®.Stack into podiums for sustainable retail display.
wool felt pad
Each diameter of fanning stool has a corresponding wool felt pad, which may be used as an optional cushion or soft table surface.
wool felt tote
The two smallest sizes of softseating are available with a convenient felt tote, for whisking the paper seats off to a gallery, garden party or concert.
colour
The optics of light bouncing back and forth within the pleated surface intensifies the colour saturation and shadows of the actual paper colour. Context, lighting conditions, and arrangement all play a role in the lively shift of colour tone and depth, transforming a single colour into a range of hues.
Paper is available in brown, black, deep blue, or glacier blue. Textile softseating is available in aluminum, forest green, and translucent white. Each colour offers new possibilities for shaping and choreographing an atmosphere, or lively interaction with light.
