Akaei Bar Stool | White Ash Wood & Powder Coated Metal | Backrest

The stool that earns its place at every counter.

There is a particular kind of seating that belongs to the informal moments of an Indian home — the kitchen counter where the morning conversation happens, the island where the evening drink is poured, the workspace where the afternoon stretches into something unhurried. The Akaei Stool was designed for those moments. A stool in white ash wood and powder coated metal where a backrest gives the piece the considered comfort that transforms a quick perch into a settled stay, and the natural grain and warmth of white ash brings the honesty of real timber to every surface. Powder coated metal holds the frame with the clean, structural confidence of a piece that knows exactly what it is — and is entirely at ease with it.

White ash is a wood that carries its own particular grace — light in tone, fine in grain, and warm in the way that only honest natural material can be. It makes the Akaei Stool as beautiful beside a kitchen counter as it is beside a home bar, as considered in a dining space as it is in a study corner. The backrest — not always a given in a stool of this kind — speaks to a design philosophy that puts the person using the piece before the aesthetic convenience of leaving it out. A stool designed in India, for the home that believes every seat in the house deserves to be as considered as the one at the dining table.