This Floating Bench Defies Gravity (and Your Expectations)
Have you ever looked at a mountain peak piercing through clouds and thought, “I want to sit on that”? Well, Miles Hass from Make With…
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When a Neighborhood Reclaimed Its Lost Shore With 9,200 Face Masks
Here’s something you don’t expect to sit on: surgical masks. Nearly 10,000 of them, to be exact. But that’s exactly what Design PY created in…
This Solar Bench Just Turned Every City Street Into a Charging Hub
Picture this: you’re exhausted from walking through the city, desperately need to charge your phone, and suddenly spot the perfect bench bathed in soft light….
Reconstructing Value turns banknotes into benches
If you’ve ever dreamed about sitting on a fortune, literally, you’ll get a chance to do so at London Design Festival with the Bank of…
Bench turns plastic waste into beautiful outdoor furniture
The Torii Bench began with a simple question asked every day at Placyle: what if plastic waste could be turned into something beautiful? The idea…
Bench straddles the line between art and furniture
A new chapter in contemporary design has arrived with IMMATERIAL 0001, a bench created from the unexpected partnership of Jacques Cartier Studio, ANAGRAM and Vestre….
Bultan chair turns crowd-control barriers into sustainable seating
If you’ve ever been to a concert, you know that those crowd-control barriers can be both your salvation and your pain. They are, of course,…
This quirky traffic light bench would probably confuse every single self-driving car around
When I cover Muddycap’s quirky chair designs, I’m usually of the opinion that they definitely need to be built out as prototypes. This one, I’m…
Traditional boats meets modern seating in Sampan benches
One of the favorite places that I go to whenever I fly to Singapore is Holland Village. It represents a territory of mixed cultures, a…
Dancing Bench is a playful moving seat that can rock your world
When I’m tired from walking or moving around and I see a bench, I’ll most likely sit on it, of course. The purpose of sitting…
Concept for urban furniture is modular, ergonomic, and inclusive
I live in a city where outdoor public seating is a rarity. When you’re walking around, especially in oppressive heat, there is no place to…
Fossil Furniture collection uses playful monolithic designs
When I was young, one of my favorite things to do with my Legos was to create pieces of furniture using different bricks and shapes….