PETAL PEDESTAL By BassamFellows
PETAL PEDESTAL is a small wooden pedestal armchair designed by Craig Bassam.
Petal Pedestal introduces a carved wood swivel base to the Petal Collection, expanding the system of dining chairs and stools with a new stance: grounded, sculptural, and deliberately architectural. The form retains Petal’s distinct ergonomic presence while giving the collection a new visual anchor, one that reads as furniture, object, and small structure at once.
Originally launched in 2022, the Petal Collection introduced a new benchmark for what wood can do, both technically and sensually. Developed in the same lineage of American molded-wood experimentation that shaped modern design, Petal pushed the medium forward using advanced 3D molded wood veneer to achieve compound curves that are exceptionally difficult in traditional wood production: a deeply ergonomic shell, refined “waterfall” edges, and sculptural arm geometry.
By combining new tooling and material innovation with the discipline of craftsmanship, Petal positioned technology not as a constraint, but as a means of extending ambition, bringing an organic, architectural form into true commercial production at the highest level.
