TERMITE STOOL
How would you feel stepping onto a stool that looks decayed—even if it is perfectly capable of bearing weight? What about furniture riddled with termite paths, a sign it should be removed? The Termite Stool uses 3D scanning and CNC milling to emulate the patterns left by termite damage, in an exploration of “decomposing” objects within the home. Nature and technology took turns in this process, flipping creation and decay, the difficulty of fighting termites with the difficulty of replicating their effects, and the energy termites generate by eating wood versus the energy expended to carve out the stool.