Surely if there’s a tree, there will be a bench, because we may simply convert a tree into a bench with an axe… Or we can choose another simpler way: tying a board with some binders onto the tree. Designed by Rogier Martens, the clever and practical urban furniture piece is especially made as a temporary sitting unit for a public park.

Designer: Rogier Martens

Rest on a bench and play seesaw. The “Swingers” chair, an awesome piece of furniture designed for two people, allows people to move and play while they’re taking a break. By doing that, the designer aims to make people smile more and get closer to each other as much as possible. So will that really work? We believe it would. Still, if you meet such a bench one day, we hope you could sit down and play it with the others.

Designer: Neulhae Cho

The Compact Café Table by Sigurd Larsen is no doubt the best furniture you can ever find if you’re someone concerning both a stylish design and strong functions. Made from recycled paper and resin, the table and benches set is suitable for either interior or exterior use, according to your different needs. When viewing from the front, these four pieces of furniture are rightly displaying their nice thin lines… So cute!

Designer: Sigurd Larsen

“Bendch” is a creative combination of a billboard screen with bench. Used as advertisement platform in public places like bus stops or culture squares, the “Bendch” can display videos, graphics and other kinds of ads, but at the same time it would act as a bench for passers-by to rest.

Designer: David Szabo

Leaf bench and leaf table set, crafted of steel and finished in green, is beautifully designed anti-oxidation furniture for your gardens.

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Italian furniture brand Campeggi’ Casual Bench invites you to experience a stylish and truly relaxing sitting, lying or swinging. Designed by Emanuele Magini, the Siesta bench utilizes a hammock-style seat to take the place of ordinary wooden or metal structure so as to ensure users a comfortable relaxation.

Designer: Campeggi

Who says no one can move a bench himself? Surprise them with Rogier Martens’s Wheelbench. Inspired by wheelbarrow, the new bench is also built with a wheel which moves for an easy transportation while keeps suspended when not in use. As a result, you now can easily take your favorite bench anywhere, isn’t that cool? I bet thieves love the Wheelbench too.

Designer: Rogier Martens

Rain water never bothers the users of the Inculta Bench, because they can easily make the bench dry and clean again with the squeegee on the other side. So simply pull the squeegee, wipe the water and you can enjoy a comfortable rest. Easy as that!

Designer: Zvezdan Nedeljkovic

Who would ever dare to sit on a piece of mirror, which is usually believed too brittle? Obviously the Japanese dare to do so. At the Towada Art Centre in Japan, there’re several mirrored benches standing beneath cherry trees for the visitors to sit on. When the cherry trees were in full blossom, these chairs will also look quite beautiful. And to tell you the truth, these chairs are not made from mirror but stainless steel so you needn’t worry about your safety.

Designer: Mount Fuji Architects Studio

One person needs merely one bench and two friends can share one bench, but what if there’re more than three people looking for a seat at the same time? They need the Sliding Bench. Designed for public places like parks or squares, the Sliding includes a set of chairs can move on the bars to meet the users’ different needs. As a result, you can still have a private space in the public place.

Designer: Mutlu Kılınçer

New York City Stoop Bench is a multifunctional piece of furniture that could be easily shifted between a bench and a stair. Just as shown in the pictures, it could flip over to change into a stair mode or double-bench mode, easy as that!

Designer: Alvaro Uribe

As the Chinese Valentine’s day (August 26th) is coming closer and closer, have you got a pleasant surprise for your lover? Woo, woo, woo, have a look at the sweet collections we’ve prepared for you! Inspired by delicious desserts like ice cream, chocolate and candy, these sweet furnishings are made from solid wooden frames, soft fillers, and fine leathers to create you a comfortable seating.

Designer: Sander van der Haar & Jaromir Maas

Primitivity is beauty, that’s just I’ve caught from the Spaghetti Bench designed by the Argentinean artist Pablo Reinoso. Awesome!

Designer: Pablo Reinoso

Designer: Kim HyunJoo

To make it more convenient for the lifeguards to deal with emergency situations, the beach shoes are composed of two parts, including breathable shoes and portable flipper-like shoes. As the flipper-like shoes hidden inside the normal ones could be pulled easily out, the lifeguards can then implement the rescue operations more effectively with the flipper-like shoes on.

Designer: Edward Shelton

Twisting a bench is an impossible task for most of us and so the twist bench is pretty attractive. It seems like that we’re in a magic world. Actually, it’s real.

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Want to have a sit? You’d better have a partner and you guys should cooperate to balance the seesaw. You can get additionally happiness while relaxing.

Light is usually located besides the bench in the park. If you need romantic atmosphere this kind of lighting is apparently not enough. A company named Frellstedt released a lighting bench like this. It will be light in the dark by the built-in LED. With its LED technology using only 95 watts of electricity to operate, you have no need to worry about the energy consumption.

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Because of the weird shape, you might be confused by the extra two legs of this bench. In fact, just because of the two legs, this bench could be transformed into a deck chair.

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Designer: Chih-Kang Chu

The sun shines again after rain, you must be glad to take a walk in the park. However, you won’t find a dry bench for sitting. Don’t worry. This innovative bench will comfort you. Just crank the handle, the slats on these benches can rotate to the dry side.

Designer: Sungwoo Park, Yoonha Paick, Jongdeuk Son, Banseok Yoon, Eunbi Cho & Minjung Sim

I guess you won’t wanna waste time to looking for a bench while you get a good book, so why not just sitting on the top of the bookshelf? This unique bookshelf has a bench coping, so that you will have a comfortable seat as soon as you find a good book from the bookshelf.

Designer: Stanislav Katz

If you’re still embarrassed of small space, you gotta like this bench. While not using, it just shaped-in a normal box for single sitting. While being unfolded, it’s unique supporter allows many people to sit on it. It’s a amazing design.

Designer: Tisch5

This design allows you to read a book more convenient.

Designer: Sang-Hoon Lee

This sofa named Eclosion could be translated from a bench by pumping up.
It’s pretty cool.

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Design student from University of Quebec show this new bench. It use waste water in the sewers which has a natural temperature all year round of 15 degrees C to make the bench warmer. It’s environment friend.

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