1/plinth studio's PU

Seoul-based designer Woojin Park of 1/plinth studio unveils his newest industrial-inspired furniture collection PU-T-B with the modular PU-T-B Chair. The series continues the design studio’s exploration of infusing artistic value into industrial products to accentuate their underlying beauty by creating a versatile frame composed of thermoplastic polyurethane and steel. From its simplified construction, the chair can extend for use in various ways, applicable as either furniture or hardware. The project is defined by a tensile and durable system that derives from the force between the TPU tubes and bolts when they are connected together.

PU-T-B Chair 01 | all images courtesy of 1/plinth studio

As one half of the design duo behind 1/plinth studio, industrial designer Woojin Park launches the series with the PU-T-B Chair which makes use of the existing properties of the TPU material, such as its high elasticity, flexibility, durability, and tensile strength. Within the frame, the material is firmly held together by a system of bolts fastened through the tube’s inner diameter. This system expresses parts that receive strength from people or objects in various forms of lines and planes. The chair allows users to experience its flexibility and stability in various ways. ‘You can fully feel the structure of PU-T-B by sitting or leaning on it as a chair or lifting it up as a handle,’ notes Park.

Woojin Park explores the underlying beauty of industrial design aesthetics

1/plinth studio infuses artistic value into industrial aesthetics

the chair makes use of the existing properties of TPU, such as its high elasticity, durability, and tensile strength

the project is defined by a tensile, durable system that derives from the force between the TPU tubes and bolts

from its simplified construction, the chair can extend for use as either furniture or hardware

a versatile frame composed of thermoplastic polyurethane and steel