Ashley Mauerhofer | The Stash Stool
Location: Dundas Euclid Animal Hospital, 840 Dundas St. W.
Ashley Mauerhofer was born in Montreal, Quebec and has lived in several cities throughout Ontario including Huntsville, Gananoque and North Bay. She attended George Brown College in 2009 where she completed a certificate program in Art & Design Foundations. She currently resides in downtown Toronto where she is completing her final year of an undergraduate degree in Industrial Design at OCAD University. Her focus is on creating fun, engaging and meaningful experiences through design. She also has a passion for exploring other creative outlets such as photography, film, writing and music.
The Stash Stool takes a look at the traditional understanding of what a stool can do and how it can be redesigned to be more functional and more engaging for the user. The stool is designed in a slight U-shape to hug the user’s body and add comfort. The open compartment is meant to hold anything the user wishes to keep stashed away but within easy reach. The wool adds aesthetic value and a more tactile experience, giving off a playful and cozy vibe. (Steel, cardboard, fibreglass, polyester resin, wool)