About A Stool / Story
Featuring a curved backrest and long, elegant wooden legs, About A Stool AAS 32 shares the same versatile profile as the other designs in the collection. The post-consumer recycled plastic seat is offered in a wide palette of contemporary colours and multiple front upholstery options, with the legs available in two heights in different wood finishes. The series’ simple yet strong visual presence makes it ideal as a bar stool in a variety of corporate, public, and private contexts.
Hee Welling is a Danish furniture designer who founded his own studio in Copenhagen in 2003. The son of a cabinetmaker, Welling’s fascination with production techniques, materials, and machinery was fired as a child. He went on to study at The University of Art and Design in Helsinki, and received his master’s degree in furniture design from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Centred around the idea of creating technically accomplished products that can reach a wide audience, his designs are characterised by a great sense of proportion and quietly elegant aesthetics.
Welling has received a number of design awards, including the Bo Bedre Award (Denmark), Good Design Award (USA), and has been nominated as Danish designer of the year in 2013 and 2014. For HAY, Welling has designed the About A series and the Hee Collection.