Unconventional Stools from UHURU

Two unique seats employ bronze casting and traditional Japanese wood-charring techniques

Though Brooklyn’s furniture brand UHURU was founded in 2004, it wasn’t until the debut of their 2010 collection of repurposed Coney Island boardwalk planks that UHURU went from a small design and build shop to having a piece in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In years since, UHURU has continued to utilize reclaimed materials—2011’s War Craft Collection used deck wood from …