The PLOPP stool is an original, iconic object made in FiDU. It is a flagship of Zieta Studio and a symbol of Oskar Zięta’s research into the properties and possibilities of metal. The “Polish Air-Pumped Folk Object” proves how the artistic aspects of the design can be summarized in highly advanced engineering forms. Winner of the Red Dot Design Award 2008, the German Design Council Award 2008, and the Forum AID Award 2009 . PLOPP is a manifesto of the FiDU technology and the “controlled loss of control” process. Two ultra-thin steel sheets are welded together around their edges and inflated under high pressure, deforming a 2.5D flat form into a 3D object. The colours visible on the screen may be presented differently depending on your monitor settings and screen resolution. Therefore we cannot guarantee an exact match between the colours you see on the screen and the colours of the actual products.
Dimensions W35 x D35 x H 50cm 4kg * weights, shapes and dimensions may vary, this is a characteristic feature of FiDU products
Material Aluminium
Shipping box 54 × 59 × 56 cm · 4 kg (net)
Shipping & Returns
Made to order — about 4 weeks
This piece is produced to order by the maker. Production usually takes about 4 weeks, after which we despatch it from London.
Because it is built for you, cancellation is limited once production has started on a configuration you specified. Please check the timing before you order — and ask us if the date matters.
Oskar Zięta is a Polish architect and process designer who developed his method while researching the stabilisation of sheet metal at ETH Zurich.
That research became FiDU: two thin sheets of steel are welded together and then inflated with compressed air until they take on a third dimension. The process, rather than the drawing, settles the final form — so no two pieces come out quite the same.
The Plopp stool of 2008 was the first object to make the method public, and the Tafla mirrors extended it into organic, liquid-like surfaces. His work is held by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Left, a Tafla mirror over a shelf. Right, three of them on a dark wall. The air decides the surface, so no two come out the same.
Oskar Zięta is a Polish architect and process designer who founded Zieta Studio in 2010. He developed his signature method while researching the stabilisation of sheet metal at ETH Zurich.
That research became FiDU: two thin sheets of steel are welded together and then inflated with compressed air until they take on a third dimension. The process, rather than the drawing, settles the final form, so no two pieces come out quite the same.
The Plopp stool of 2008 was the first object to make the method public, and the Tafla mirrors extended it into organic, liquid-like surfaces. His work is held by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
From Wrocław, Zieta Studio inflates sheet metal with its patented FiDU process into mirrors, stools and sculpture.
Zieta Studio works from Wrocław in Poland around one invention: FiDU, or free internal pressure deformation, patented by Oskar Zięta. Two laser-cut sheets of metal are welded at the edge and then inflated with air.
What comes out is hollow, light, strong and never quite repeatable — mirrors, stools, tables and sculpture in steel, copper and aluminium. The studio's work is held by the Centre Pompidou and MoMA.
