Little triple chair
The Little Triple Chair is a study desk, but is shaped not unlike a jungle gym. The chair’s seemingly missing fourth leg is a playful, almost whimsical, touch to a highly utilitarian apparatus. And I mean highly utilitarian, as it is not only a desk and chair but also a lamp.
Dutch designer wants to encourage reading, drawing and writing as opposed to playing Doodle Jump on mom’s (or even the child’s own) iPad. The L-shaped desk gives a 2-6 year old child ample room to rest his or her elbows while reading a book, or draw a picture without feeling boxed in. Wooden desks are not known for their softness (or “huggable”-ness, as Roije has described), but the Little Triple Chair is coated in Polyamide fiber, the felt-like material on the back of beginner jigsaw puzzles. With the geometry of a jungle gym and tactility of a puzzle, it’s as though Roijé is implementing subliminal messages of recreation in this rectangular orb of early learning.
Roijé’s studio in Amsterdam has produced a host of zany yet pragmatic product designs, such as aluminum bowls shaped like city maps and a chicken coop that looks like a luxury cabin. The Little Triple Chair has an adult version with larger dimensions. Although catered toward libraries and daycares, it also makes for a perfect nook at home.
