Clear Plexiglass Africa Stool by Nicolas Alvis Vega, circa 1986

An indicator of status and family, stools play an integral role in traditional Ashanti culture. Believed to be the resting place for a person's soul, a stool is given to a child when they first learn to crawl and used in personal milestones throughout the rest of their life. Carved from a solid block of wood, each stool has a rectangular base and a distinctive curved seat supported by a central column and four corner posts. While some ceremonial stools are carved to convey particular proverbs, this stool is simply decorated with scalloped edges, geometric patterns, and a small cross. The combination of shapes and curved lines makes this Ashanti stool...

One-off a kind - Contemporary Design, Thinking space - stool, made by the art and design duo Andredottir & Bobek They have in this collection imitated landscape with artificial ma...