Dan McCurley

wilbur

Tags
Making & Fabrication, Interaction & Experience Design

wilbur is a fun, well-crafted member of your furniture family, ready to help out around the house! You can use wilbur as an end table, a book holder, a step stool, an extra seat or whatever else you can think of. Crafted out of natural hardwood, wilbur will bring sturdy, reliable fun to your home for years to come.

wilbur is hand-built with White Ash, sustainably harvested from Iowa State University’s TreeCycle program.

A single wilbur stool with a green cut-out mouth and eyes and green legs on a concrete floor
Three wilbur stools stacked in a tower, with red, yellow and green faces and legs
Three wilbur stools side by side, two showing their yellow and green faces and one turned to show a red handle on its side
A wilbur stool turned to the side, showing a green handle and green legs
Three ash wood wilbur stools stacked in a pyramid, each with a cut-out face and colored legs in red, yellow and green, against a concrete wall

Concept sketches

Concept sketches of wilbur from the front and in perspective, showing a wooden box with a face, a handle and green feet
Scale sketch showing wilbur alone, used as a seat by a sitting woman, and stacked three high beside a standing man
Line drawing of a living room with a window, a table and chairs, a sofa with a seated person, and a small wilbur on the floor

packaging concept

Packaging render titled 'First Impression': a recycled cardboard box with a wilbur face, a green handle and labels for its color-coordinated interaction points
Packaging render titled 'Unboxing': the cardboard box with an 'open me!' tear strip, a green handle and notes on its tactile opening sound and natural scent
Packaging render titled 'Product Presentation': the box falls open flat to reveal wilbur, with notes that the packaging recycles flat