Arnold Circus stool28. Apr2012
The 'Arnold Circus' stool designed by Martino Gamper is part of the Friends of Arnold Circus, which is a charity action made through volunteers dedicated to save the historic bandstand and the gardens of the Arnold Circus that had fallen into dispair. Arnold Circus is a unique part of East End London heritage.
Their aim is to "create a public shared space for all. We will support the sensitive regeneration of the garden and bandstand and engage with local people so that this rich resource can be used, developed and enjoyed by all."
The stool was meant to be used as the official seating for the various events organised here such as brass band concerts, picnics, carrom tournaments, flower plantings and music and film events.
Made of moulded plastic, the stool is available in black, white, all shades of rainbow and other colours as well.
Photos by Anna Arca
"Martino Gamper makes funny shaped furniture. Amalgams of odd angles, strange protuberances, unlikely surfaces and idiosyncratic features, his pieces perch uncertainly, as if waiting politely for an introduction to life on earth.[...]
Addressing a more mainstream understanding of the discipline, Gamper aspires to making an industrially produced chair. Cliché though it is, it remains the definitive design problem, and, individual though he is, Gamper is not immune from this kind of injunction.
Until now, he has been working mainly in contexts created by his curiosity or generated by his extreme sociability, but of course, with his current success, those circumstances are likely to expand and become less familiar. Right now Gamper seems to be poised on a cusp: tracing his ad hoc course up to this point has been fascinating, watching his trajectory over the next few years promises to be even more so."
Excerpt from a text of Emily King about Martino Gamper.
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