Designed for someone with limited space and an abundance of tools‭, ‬the Maclaine Stool responds to the realities of working within constraint‭. ‬The form integrates a series of toolkit-like pockets‭, ‬allowing the object to function not only as seating‭, ‬but as‭ ‬a site of storage and accessibility‭.‬

These pockets act as both a practical and symbolic gesture‭, ‬referencing traditions of care and labor‭, ‬where tools are kept close‭ ‬to the body and within reach‭. ‬By incorporating them directly into the structure‭, ‬the stool blurs the boundary between utility and adornment‭, ‬positioning work as something visible and valued rather than concealed‭.‬

In this way‭, ‬the Maclaine Stool becomes an object that supports both physical and creative labor‭, ‬holding the tools of making while reflecting the conditions under which that work takes place‭.‬