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100 stools and your two sitting bones

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.

The workStool Society by LABO & friends (Het Labo, Hasselt), at Building TX (A11), Strijp-T. Dutch Design Week 2026 ddw.nl

Research cited

  1. Rodosky, Andriacchi, Andersson. The influence of chair height on lower limb mechanics during rising. J Orthop Res 1989 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Other sources

  1. LABO & friends on Instagram (@labocollective) instagram.com
  2. Het Labo, website hetlabo.be
  3. OpenStax, Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §8.3 The Pelvic Girdle and Pelvis openstax.org
  4. Dutch Design Week venue: Building TX ddw.nl
  5. Het Labo, Stool Society hetlabo.be
  6. Het Labo, HUIS HOSTEd Antwerp hetlabo.be
  7. PSS Archi, building record NL-772-100166 pss-archi.eu
  8. Dutch design week 2026 tips (vogue.nl) vogue.nl
  9. Building tx (ddw.nl) ddw.nl

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A woman's reflection in a mirrored glass stool, holding up her phone, in a room full of stoolsPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 2
The words STOOL SOCIETY in green tape on a bare concrete wallPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 3
A stool made of a round bread loaf standing on three baguette legs, on a concrete floorPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 4
A tall stool made of corrugated cardboard printed with recycling symbols, on a concrete floorPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 5
A stool with a dark wooden seat that narrows to a cone and sits on a rough block of stone, on a concrete floorPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 6
A low stool built from stacked clear glass blocks, on a concrete floorPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 7
A chair covered in yellow tape, built from stacked blocks like a pixel drawing, standing on a concrete floor in the Stool Society roomPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 8
A stool made of a round slice of tree trunk with its bark edge still on, set on three thin rust-colored metal legs, on a concrete floorPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 9
A stool made of thick cream wool wound on a dark wooden spool, on a concrete floorPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 10
A stool made of three timber logs and three cork cylinders bound together with rope, on a concrete floorPhoto: RN Collins
Ring frame
NS 1010 electric locomotive, driver cab with steering wheel (NS Class 1000)Frame: Alf van Beem, CC0, croppedMuseum or journal record
Quotes and video
RN's phone photos and video behind this postRN's own footage, 18 Oct 2026, Building TX, Strijp-T, Eindhoven

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