MIgo

Furniture & Product
Production
GOLD AWARD
WINNER
HIGHLY COMMENDED
STRUCTURAL AWARD WINNER

Furniture Client: Benchmark

Designer: Pascal Hien

Furniture Maker: Benchmark

Wood Supplier: James Latham

Wood Species: American Red Oak

Location: Kintbury

Conceived during the pandemic, a time of change, uncertainty, and rapid adaption, this furniture piece is designed with no definitive front or back, or right or wrong approach to using it.

This piece works with the user to provide a useful solution whether they are sitting, using a digital device, or perching on a high counter. Coming from a single modestly sized plank, it is also a model of sustainable design both in material choice and in its rationalised design. Each stool is made from a single oak plank, giving it consistent grain, with parts held in place through dovetail joints. The MIGO has a negative carbon footprint of -4kg CO2 equivalent, which means it stores more carbon than it emits during manufacture, distribution, and use.