The design of the Linz stool arose from two constraints: First, that it be feasible to allow anyone visiting the museum to walk away with one. Second, that it fit the manufacturing parameters. Local artist Helmuth Gsöllpointner introduced Feichtner to the owner of the 30-year-old Haidlmair factory, which had produced steel sculptures for Gsöllpointner but which normally develops injection molds for the production of plastic crates, pallets, and parts.