# Warped Wooden Seatings This Wooden Stool by Giancarlo Mino is Fluidly Shaped By Jen Chae | Published 2013-07-09 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wooden-stool References: [cinna.fr](http://www.cinna.fr/la-collection/sejour/chaises/mirlino/article/mirlino) & [cinna.fr](http://www.cinna.fr/les-designers/portraits-de-createurs/designers/article/giancarlo-mino) This [wooden stool](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/loki-stool) called the Mirlino is fluidly warped. Made of nothing but [veneered plywood](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mt-chair), this design is smoothly seamless and streamlined. Swiss-based designer Giancarlo Mino is also familiar with architecture, which is apparent in his furniture designs. The stool is complex in its molding, as it has no legs or separate parts -- it is just one plank of wood that has been curved and folded. With its smooth-flowing side profile, the outline of the chair resembles something like a swan's long neck. While the Mirlino is truly minimalist in design, it is not completely modern because of its rustic texture -- the shape is visibly avant-garde, but the brown wood also adds a country feel. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.4/10 - Popularity: 30% | Activity: 3% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Warped Wooden Seatings:** The trend of fluidly warped wooden seating designs presents disruptive innovation opportunities for furniture manufacturers to create unique and visually striking pieces. - **Seamless Plywood Furniture:** The trend of creating furniture designs using seamless veneered plywood offers disruptive innovation opportunities for designers and manufacturers to create sleek and minimalist pieces with a rustic touch. - **Minimalist Design with Rustic Texture:** The trend of combining minimalist design with rustic texture in furniture presents disruptive innovation opportunities for designers to create furniture pieces that are both modern and have a country feel. ### Where This Applies - **Furniture Manufacturing:** The furniture manufacturing industry can benefit from the trend of warped wooden seatings by exploring innovative techniques to bend and shape wood to create unique designs. - **Interior Design:** The interior design industry can take advantage of the trend of seamless plywood furniture by incorporating these sleek and minimalist pieces into their designs to create visually striking and functional spaces. - **Woodworking:** The woodworking industry can capitalize on the trend of minimalist design with rustic texture by creating furniture pieces that combine modern aesthetic with traditional woodworking techniques, appealing to customers who appreciate both simplicity and craftsmanship. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Ultra-Chic Minimalist Seating Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/minimalist-seating-design.md) - [Minimal Wooden Webbed Stools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/knot-stool.md) - [Design-Forward Stackable Stools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/stackable-stool.md) - [Ultra-Minimal Stool Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sedeo-chair.md) - [Interlocking Wooden Stools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-tie-stool.md) - [Elegant Wooden Seating](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/miko-armchair.md) - [Limited Rippled Furniture Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rippled-stool.md) - [Nature-Inspired Minimal Stools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/capture-the-light.md) - [Flat-Packed Wooden Stool](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flat-stool-concept.md)