Spontaneous Design
This Log Chop Bench is a one-off piece defined by one very unconventional process (to say the least). Designers David Long & Antoine Morris avoided…
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Bench Tweets
Kudos to the British Royalty for recognizing the potential of social media! Gizmodo’s Kat Hannaford reports that invitees have been encouraged to report the event…
A Tack for a Beach Chair
The Tack bench and chair series by Monocomplex is a new approach to convenient beachfront seating. The sharp pointed bottom half makes it easy to…
A Bench with 5,000 Stories
I love anything with familiar fragments, which is why I love the Metrobench. Recycled from 5,000 NYC Metro cards, this intelligent design transforms a symbol…
The Idea Bench
Great craftsmanship went into making designer Craig Siebeneck’s Idea Bench. The dramatic curves are achieved by cutting Baltic birch plywood into a general figure, laminating layer…
Refreshing Bench at Your Service
It’s taken a lot of designers to come up with this idea, so I guess we better humor them! What we have here is a…
Sit On Concrete And Wood
Bench #13 is the latest in the evolving bench series by Nico Yektai. The asymmetrical treatment of the richly colored Sapele components play against the…
Bus Stop High On OLED
At least you got decent bus stops in your country, so you got no reason to complain. Look at us, here in the developing world,…
Dead Wood for Books
For books to sit on, that is. Not to be. Although when you think about it, all real books are made of dead wood pulp….
Oh Sucha Simple Bench
So you are just totally tired of all those wild and crazy pieces of furniture, ya? You’re thinking that why in the world would you…
Swinging The Other Way
Most of the time you’re nudging your co-bench partner to give you more seat space. So essentially sitting on benches really sucks. Generally they’re hard…
Keep on Peddlin
It was the great philosopher Tupac Amaru Shakur who once noted the beauty of a rose growing up from between the cracks in the concrete…
Wayfinding Rest Stop
tranSIT is a hybrid walking waypoint system for urban environments, combining seating with wayfinding and street lighting. To help encourage traveling by foot, walking times…
Kiwa Korean House Inspired Bench
This beautiful bench inspired by a Korean style Han-ok house is gorgeous from end to end. The Kiwa’s sinuous curves are evocative and inviting for…