The people in the construction industry come from a wide variety of backgrounds, educations and stories. The industry in America is significantly less productive because of its fragmented structure and lack of standards for employment and operation. In the near future, there will still be a need for construction workers since the process of full-automation has not taken over

The final design direction is a storage stool. A stool provided more structure and flexibility than a chair. There are opportunities to stack them, provide multiple points to access what’s inside, and follow an aesthetic that construction workers would recognize.

Auto is a storage stool made for construction workers as a place to sit and store their items. By increasing organization and decreasing clutter, the stool aids productivity in the industry and fulfills needs of rest and belongingness for the workers.

For the project the material requirement a 4’x4’ sheet, 1/4” thick. Some 1/2” thick pieces where needed to use threaded inserts and screws to hold the stool together and provide support. The black outline of pieces shows where the 1/2 material was utilized.