Frame Sit: A Photo Frame You Can Sit On

Introducing a new product we just designed!

“Hey Johnson, look at this: the MTC Sustainable Wood Design Competition 2026. Maybe you’d be interested?

You need to create an innovative sustainable wood project using wood waste or recycled wood.”

About two months ago, one of my colleagues told me about this competition, and it immediately caught my attention.

I started thinking:

What could we make with our leftover frame mouldings?

At Frame It, we naturally end up with short pieces of frame moulding left over from production. Many of them are too small to be used for a normal frame, so I wondered if we could turn them into something new instead of simply discarding them.

We started by cutting the leftover mouldings into small pieces of the same length and combining different profiles together to create a new photo frame.

The result surprised us.

We were initially worried that mixing so many different mouldings, colours and textures might make the frame look too busy. Instead, it gave the frame a unique character. Every piece looked different, but somehow they still came together as one.

Besides, as a designer, I also found a simple way to combine the different mouldings more harmoniously. If you're interested in the method, feel free to message me for the details. Haha..!

At the same time, there was another idea I had wanted to explore for quite a while: A photo frame that could transform into a chair.

A photo frame already has a purpose when it is not being touched — it decorates the space, displays an image and becomes part of the wall. A folding chair is different. When we are not using it, we usually fold it away and hide it.

So I started asking myself:

What if a frame could decorate the space when we didn’t need a chair, and then become a seat when we did? That was when the two ideas came together.

I started sketching, exploring different structures and building the idea in 3D. After several rounds of thinking, testing and making, the concept eventually became a real prototype.

 

And that was how Frame Sit began.
The name came naturally too, just add an “S” to Frame It, and it becomes Frame Sit.

You know what, even though this is still a prototype, but we have client that is asking for quotation for production already!

So, what do you think of Frame Sit? We’d love to hear your thoughts, ideas, or even how you imagine using it.