City Benches by young designers brighten London's Cheapside
A giant sleeping whippet and a bright red sundial are among the playful street furniture enlivening the UK capital during the London Festival of Architecture.
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Joe Doucet installs anti-terror benches in New York's Times Square
New York designer Joe Doucet has created a 3D-printed concrete bench that also functions as a barrier to protect public spaces from vehicle-led terrorist attacks. More
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Dion Lee repurposes traditional tailoring techniques for leather furniture collection
Australian furniture producer DesignByThem has teamed up with fashion designer Dion Lee to develop a collection comprising a lounge chair and bench made by slashing and weaving leather. More
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Thomas Bentzen brings garden furniture indoors with Linear Wood dining table for Muuto
Danish designer Thomas Bentzen has created a dining table and bench series for Muuto, with the same design details as the picnic-bench-inspired furniture he created for the brand's outdoor range. More
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8 Hour presents Clips furniture collection at Design Shanghai
Shanghai-based design studio 8 Hour has released a range of seating, which is inspired by the "changing forms" of a paperclip. More
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Djao-Rakitine creates monolithic street furniture for London's Selfridges
Landscape architecture practice Djao-Rakitine has erected a monolithic marble drinking water fountain and bench outside London's Selfridges department store. More
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Charles Trevelyan exhibits pebble-like benches and spindly tables in New York
Works by Australian designer Charles Trevelyan, including skeletal-looking furniture and monolithic marble benches, are currently on show at New York's Carpenters Workshop Gallery. More
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Urban Shapes is a geometric bench that celebrates the materials of construction sites
Three colourful stools are joined by a steel grid to form this modular bench by Belgian design office Nortstudio. More
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Collection of benches woven in 3D-printed concrete
Berlin-based designers Studio 7.5 collaborated with Parisian 3D printing experts XtreeE to create a series of continuously printed concrete benches with a woven pattern. More
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Beirut-based designers advocate new uses for the city's overlooked public spaces
Architects and designers can take an activist approach to instigate social change, according to participants in this year's Beirut Design Week. More
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James Hughes creates Hostile Bench to show "ugly side" of urban design
Leeds Beckett University graduate James Hughes has made a bench with metal spikes embedded in its seat to highlight issues surrounding hostile urban design. More
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SP01's latest furniture range marries Italian craftsmanship with "Australian spirit"
Milan-based studio Metrica has created a collection of Italian-made furniture for Australian design brand, SP01 that it said "captures the spirit of the Australian lifestyle". More
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Nine benches created by young designers enliven London
A gravestone dedicated to a deceased dachsund and an undulating strip of bright yellow rubber are two of nine imaginative public benches unveiled as part of this year's London Festival of Architecture. More
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Joanna Laajisto looks to Scandinavian cabin culture for latest furniture collection
Helsinki-based designer Joanna Laajisto drew upon traditional Scandinavian holiday cabins when designing this collection of wooden furniture for Finnish brand Made by Choice. More
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OS & OOS bases gridded furniture collection on architectural structures
Eindhoven design studio OS & OOS has created a range of furniture based on architectural constructions, which are built from individual steel ribs fixed in a gridded structure. More
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Rain collects and circulates around Jólan van der Wiel's Tropic City bench
Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has created a water-filled seat made of dozens of pipes that store and circulate raindrops. More
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Bentu Design makes terrazzo furniture using recycled ceramic waste
Chinese studio Bentu Design collected leftover tiles and crushed them to create its Ceramics Made collection of speckled terrazzo-style furniture and lighting. More
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Joseph Walsh designs bespoke watch cabinet to mirror the intricacy of clockwork
Irish furniture workshop Joseph Walsh Studio has showcased new commissions at an exhibition in New York, including a towering watch cabinet and intertwined bench for the private collection of a father and son. More
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Max Lamb, Scholten & Baijings and Philippe Malouin create "Superbenches" for suburban Stockholm park
A bench with springs for legs and a brutalist concrete structure are among the 10 experimental pieces of public furniture created by international designers to help regenerate a park area just outside of Stockholm, Sweden. More
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Hyun-Gi Kim's Red Series chair mimics the movement of blood around the body
This chair by Korean designer Hyun-Gi Kim is made from hundreds of tubes that circulate blood around the furniture in response to pressure. More
