Comments on: Urban Adapter by Rocker-Lange Architects

By: Ron B.

Ron B. — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:35:30 +0000

Hmmm. This basically a rip-off. It's exactly the exact concept as the Topography Seating system produced by the Swedish brand LYX (http://www.lyx.com/collection/seating-topografi/1069389-topografi-seating). We specified it in concrete for a project 2005 and is has won a bunch of awards like Red Dot and IDEA. And I've seen it featured in magazines everywhere.Which means that it was made long before 2009 and is well acknowledged design. Obviously you can get away with everything in China. Sad.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:22:06 +0000

The great thing of this design is that it can be created with any medium. It could easily be made into a concrete structure where the design would be almost ideal for skateboarders. It is an incredibly inspired design, and in such exudes inspiration. ( ^-^)

By: coops

coops — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:18:01 +0000

This often-used design vertebrae form really needs reinventing, perhaps as a shape for a building. The use of the shape as an ext bench or interior sofa needs a new 'twist'.

By: evilgenius

evilgenius — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:32:56 +0000

andy – the sitscape design also looks less wasteful.

couldn’t the same thing be accomplished with metal, bent to the desired cross sectional shape? god knows how long wood will last outdoors given the elements and real people actually sitting on it.

By: yrag

yrag — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:50:47 +0000

Very labor intensive— still, great design!

But why, WHY do designers feel compelled to write stunning drivel like this:

“This design proposal for a contemporary city bench seeks to understand the concept of street furniture as a holistic design problem.”

Utter nonsense— pompous puffery. Why?