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Upholstered TARDIS Bench

This TARDIS bench provides a comfortable seat for both Time Lords and non time-travelling humans – or any species that has a butt and needs to rest their feet or other appendages. It looks great with the exploding TARDIS fabric on top. Allofthefrosties posted the design to Imgur recently and…

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Bench Go Round Is a Bench, Also a Merry-go-round

Sometimes you just need something in your day that breaks up the monotony and offers some unexpected play to your otherwise serious life. That’s exactly what the Bench Go Round is all about. It promotes child-like playfulness and helps connect strangers.…

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Soofa Bringing USB Charging Benches to Boston Parks

It’s hard to keep enough power in your gadgets when you spend time at the park away from an outlet and you have a Flappy Bird binge or take lots of videos of your kids or pet and upload them to Facebook. For many people, the only thing to do…

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Outdoor ‘Water Bench’ Provides Comfy Seating, Collects Rainwater

Some people put out pails and bins to collect rainwater when it rains. Others, like the folks of MARS architects, put out benches. They’re very different objects, but they serve the same purpose: to collect rainwater which will be used to water plants, wash cars, hose down driveways, and so…

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Ruilbank Benches Offer Free Reading for Passersby

Benches are just benches, until a huge red clip is attached to one end of it. Then it becomes a Ruilbank, which is Dutch for “barter bench.” Essentially, they’re there to hold some reading material in place. Whether it’s a book or a magazine or a newspaper, this trusty red…

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Switch Bench: Turn It off Before You Leave

The Switch Bench is probably the funnest, quirkiest bench that I’ve seen in years. At first glance, you’ll see that the bench stays true to its name since it looks like a gigantic switch, like the ones you can commonly find on household appliances and voltage regulators. But the switch…

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Bend Bench Flips Outdoor Seating on its Head

It’s hard to find an outdoor bench that’s as versatile as the Bend Bench. I think you can gather that much, even from its name alone. It’s described as ‘part kinetic sculpture’ and ‘part functional public seating.’…

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Flip Bench Offers You a Choice When it Comes to Public Seating Arrangements

You know how sometimes, there’s only one space left on the bench, and you really don’t want to find yourself sandwiched between a kid throwing a tantrum and a guy eating a Sloppy Joe sloppily? Unfortunately, your choices are only to take that last seat – or remain standing until…

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Giant Clothespin Bench: Care to Hang Around?

Quirky outoor sofas are nothing new. Remember Softa, which combined the look of indoor sofas and the durability of outdoor furniture? Fast on its heels is the Giant Clothespin Bench by Italian architects Michela and Paolo Baldessari, which as you can see and read, is fashioned in the shape of…

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Jaws Bench is Like a Mini Sequel Starring You

I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t park my butt anywhere near this thing. It may be fake, but you never know when something is going to come alive through magic and kill you with its razor-sharp choppers. It’s just good to be cautious.…

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Softa Combines the Durability of Outdoor Benches and Look of Indoor Sofas

I’m sure you’ve sat on your fair share of park benches and wished that they were made to be whole lot kinder on your behind than they currently are.…

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Miesrolo Folds Out Into a Chair, Rolls Right Back Up

My grandmother used to have one of those portable, foldable stools that one of us grandkids had to carry around whenever we went out. That way, she’d have something to sit on when she felt tired or when she wanted to take a quick rest.…

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Tree Bench: Strap on and Sit down

Buildings used to take months, even years, to construct. But in this day and age where time is of the essence, did you know that these structures can be built in less than six days? Well, that’s what China did anyway with a 15-story building recently. The secret to this…

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TweetingSeat: Sit on It! (and Tweet)

I’ve heard of tweeting objects before, like a tweeting cat door and the tweeting scale, but this is the first time that I’ve seen a tweeting bench. The TweetingSeat was created by designer Christopher McNicholl. The bench creates logs of its usage (must be very pertinent information), takes photos of…

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Tag: Bench

Upholstered TARDIS Bench

Bench Go Round Is a Bench, Also a Merry-go-round

Soofa Bringing USB Charging Benches to Boston Parks

Outdoor ‘Water Bench’ Provides Comfy Seating, Collects Rainwater

Ruilbank Benches Offer Free Reading for Passersby

Switch Bench: Turn It off Before You Leave

Bend Bench Flips Outdoor Seating on its Head

Flip Bench Offers You a Choice When it Comes to Public Seating Arrangements

Giant Clothespin Bench: Care to Hang Around?

Jaws Bench is Like a Mini Sequel Starring You

Softa Combines the Durability of Outdoor Benches and Look of Indoor Sofas

Miesrolo Folds Out Into a Chair, Rolls Right Back Up

Tree Bench: Strap on and Sit down

TweetingSeat: Sit on It! (and Tweet)

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