Beer Keg Seat

At a recent performance of experimental composer Phil Niblock, the small London venue offered a variety of seating. As well as the usual chairs and bar stools, there were a number of empty metal beer kegs to sit on and a variety of blankets to act as cushions, softening the impact of the hard rims on the posterior and upper thighs.

Being on one of these was better than standing, but not great after about twenty minutes. If only the beer keg had one end contoured to receive the average human bum, they could all be used as extra seating when not storing beer. My first thought was a for a plastic seat liner that can be snapped on to one end of the barrel, but this generates two parts - an added complication.

Modifying barrels to double up as seating has no disadvantages. There would be no compromise to their abilty to store and transport beer. They could still be stacked up etc; the only difference would be one end of the barrel becomes comfortable to sit on, because it has been re-designed that way.