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Furniture designers’ obsession with clamps has taken a new turn with this stool held together with one of the woodworking tools.

The legs of the Clamped Stools by Daniel Glazman are held against the seat underside by a single clamp integrated in the third leg.

Glazman designed the stool while studying at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.

Check out some more examples of clamps used as furniture components here.

Here’s some more information from Glazman:

My name is Daniel Glazman.  I am a young industrial designer recently graduated from the Bezalel arts and design academy in Jerusalem.

The ‘Clamped Stool’ is a three leg knock-down stool, assembled with a single clamp based joint, integrated with one of the stools legs that locks the whole construction together, giving it its strength.

The concept of the ‘Clamped Stool’ was born after I looked at some DIY furniture and thought to myself that they are not so simple to assemble and there is more desperation than satisfaction from the process of the assembly.

I decided to design a knock down stool that the whole construction will be held on a single joint, familiar from the field of hardware tools and this way will be easy and intuitive to assemble and fun and satisfying at the same time.

In a process which included six models, the familiar clamp had integrated with one of the legs, resulting with a stable, contemporary designed stool.

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The Vitra Design Museum Gallery opens with a show of the Memphis Design founder’s definitive early work

The Vitra Design Museum (a must-see destination for design nerds), recently opened a new gallery space for small exhibitions. The inaugural show, curated by Fulvio and Napoleone Ferrari, features the lesser-known enamel designs of Ettore Sottsass. Created early in his post-war career, the designer began experimenting with geometric forms and color. He explored the complex process of enameling, and used the glasslike material to illuminate metals like copper with pure, vivid hues.

Accompanied by sketches, the exhibit complements the larger exhibition currently on display in the museum until 3 October 2011, “Zoom. Italian Design and the Photography of Aldo and Marirosa Ballo,” which also features Sottsass’ work.

In the vases pictured above, the stark industrial look of the enamel set against the natural warmth of the wood establishes a concept deeply explored in Sottsass’s career. The irregular nature of the enamel, with the colors melding in a wavy line, also stands out in contrast to the polished, earthy glaze of the finely lathed wood.

Working with copper rounds, the designer also made a series of brightly-colored paintings, defined by their geometric forms within forms. The irregularity of the enamel surface produces a vivid texture as well. It’s within these early works, dating back to 1958, that lays the foundation of his style: brilliant colorways and pleasingly severe geometric shapes.

Visit the Vitra Design Museum‘s site for information.