Products fair: London designer Daniel Schofield has launched the Crofton Stool collection, made from locally-sourced pine, with Danish design company Please Wait to be Seated at 3 Days of Design.
The slender stool, which comes in three sizes and is made entirely from Nordic pine, was taken up by Please Wait to be Seated after creative director Thomas Ibsen saw the piece and got in touch with Schofield.
Crofton Stool collection was shown in Please Wait to be Seated's Copenhagen showroom at 3 Days of Design
His intention with the Crofton Stool was to create a compact yet comfortable stool. "The design originally set out to try and save space when not in use and pushed up next to bars or workspaces, but still offer lots of comfort and solidity," he said. The stools are made from pine, a decision that Please Wait to be Seated made as the material is not only local but also fast-growing, which makes it a more sustainable option than many other types of wood.

"When you harvest the pine ? in Sweden, Norway and Denmark ? the forest owners plant new trees straight away, which creates a circle," Please Wait to be Seated creative director Thomas Ibsen told Dezeen.
"Oak and ash grow very slow, so when it is cut it takes a hundred years for new trees to grow. And back in the days, pine was used for everything in Denmark ? we didn't import trees."
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