Benches

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This Bench Is Part See-Saw, Part Slinky

12:00PM September 30, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

This fun and flexible furniture is called a polymorphic bench and it has a unique mechanical design that will change shape when someone sits down on it. More »

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Oh Great, Now Our Benches Are Tweeting

5:20AM April 27, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Sometimes it’s nice to just sit down in a park bench and contemplate your existence. Solitude. Tranquility. Or, you can have pictures of your sit-down meditation broadcast across the internet via Twitter. That will certainly make me feel relaxed. More »

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A Bench With A View

5:00AM January 20, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

Public benches are great. You get to sit back, take it easy, and survey sights and sounds that might escape you otherwise. Also great: spiral staircases, privacy and watching things from above. These elevated benches give you ALL THAT. More »

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It’s A Chair, It’s Made From Wood And It’s Flexible?

9:40AM January 6, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Wooden furniture is easy on the eyes, but not always the most comfortable thing to sit on for extended periods. This “Spring Wood” design aims to change that by cutting wooden chairs in such a way that they become flexible. More »

This Is A Toolbox With Far Too Many Uses

12:00AM December 18, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Like the spork or Bosch corkscrew/screwdriver, Marlon Darbeau’s Peera is not a bench with just one function. It also doubles up as a toolbox and table, and probably even makes a sandwich if you say “please” and “thank you” kindly. More »

Is This A Very Long Park Bench Or A Very Short Rollercoaster Ride?

1:00AM August 4, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

There’s some contention over whether Littlehampton’s park bench is the longest in the world, but at 324m in length it’s most certainly the UK’s longest and can seat 300 weary passersby. More »

The Ice-Cream Sandwich Bench

7:06PM December 16, 2009 | Brian Lam

Jellio’s bench looks like an ice-cream sandwich, but is just a couch covered in brown canvas and white velvet. At 122cm long, it’s $US950. [Jellio via Core77]

The Pebro Bench Would Have Been Better As A Seesaw

8:40AM November 17, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Sure, the Pebro Bench raises up to become a “sculpture” when no one is sitting on it, but I think the designers could have earned more fun points if they had gone full teeter-totter. More »

The Mist Bench Is Happy To See You

7:40AM April 15, 2009 | Sean Fallon

The “Mist Bench” from designer Gwenael Nicolas utilizes coarse knits of optical fibre that respond to human movement. As you get closer, the bench glows brighter.

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Leather Cue Bench is the Classy Way to Store Your Billiards Gear

7:00AM February 25, 2009 | Adrian Covert

If I had a pool table in my apartment (which I definitely don’t), I wouldn’t want pool cues, balls and all that other stuff constantly in plain sight. Enter the leather cue bench.

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