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Aussie Bench Records Your Arse Heat

10:00AM November 2, 2011 | Sam Biddle

You! You’re full of body heat. Your blood is boiling. Maybe just figuratively. But you’re not just a pile of molecules, you’re throbbing with vitality. This bench by Australian designer Jay Watson shows it to the world. Thermochromatic bumprint! More »


Street Furniture Designs Are Art You Can Sit On

8:40AM December 11, 2009 | Brian Barrett

This is ‘Muscle,’ the latest outdoor seating design from French artist Alexandre Moronnoz. Along with Moronnoz’s earlier works, Muscle makes a strong argument for moving to a world where form matches function in even our most everyday settings. More »


Frellstedt Light-Up Bench: Illumination For Bums

4:00AM July 2, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Kind of the inverse of the psychedelic LED effects we showed you earlier, this relaxing Light Bench is maker Frellstedt’s idea of the future of seating. You know, the future where even garden furniture uses up electricity and contributes to global warming. Okay, it’s stuffed with LEDs, so it only consumes 95W, but you know what I’m saying. With its shifting, selectable colour patterns, it’s way too nice to end up in all but the best municipal parks, where it’d just keep tramps awake in the wee small hours. Ed. note: In case you didn’t get it, “bum” is a double entendre. [Trendir] galleryPost('lightbench', 3, '');

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