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27 Bizarre Benches

From Wifi Seats to Guerrilla Eco Benches

— March 17, 2009 — Art & Design
When you think of benches, your mind probably goes to the simple wooden kind, perhaps painted green, that you typically see in big city parks. Perhaps you think of a swinging seat or picnic table, but this cluster of bizarre benches is about to change the way you think about public seating.

This cluster includes peculiar seating like biodegradable benches made with mushroom spores and DIY wheelbarrow benches. It also includes trends related to benches, such as the recent guerrilla benching craze in London where people plunked benches in public parks.
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Popularity
Activity
Freshness
27
Portable Adverbenches
Portable Adverbenches
Perfect Perch
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26
Homeless Voting
Homeless Voting
Registering Park Benches as Addresses in Ohio
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25
Benchvertizing
Benchvertizing
Have a Break, Have a Seat on a Kitkat Bar
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24
Cars With Tanning Benches
Cars With Tanning Benches
VW Caddy Topos Sail Concept
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23
Living Furniture
Living Furniture
Bushy Bench by 5.5 Designers
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22
Pro-Smoking Designs
Pro-Smoking Designs
The Smoker Bench
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21
Tree Benches
Tree Benches
Bronze Tree Trunk Chairs
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20
Office Supplies as Art
Office Supplies as Art
Boex Hot Pink Pencil Bench
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19
Public Seat That's Always Dry
Public Seat That's Always Dry
The Rolling Bench
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18
Woven Benches
Woven Benches
Ta-Te-ti
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17
Extendable Benches
Extendable Benches
Klabenkkk Expands to Seat 9
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16
Water Drop-Inspired Bench
Water Drop-Inspired Bench
'Public Chair' by Pop Chang
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15
Sliding Public Seating
Sliding Public Seating
The Come a Little Bit Closer Bench
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14
Intentionally Smashed Seating
Intentionally Smashed Seating
Torn 'Fracture' Chairs by Itay Ohaly Are Made of Broken Benches
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13
Forced Interaction in Public Spaces
Forced Interaction in Public Spaces
The 'Seesaw Bench'
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12
Biodegradable Benches
Biodegradable Benches
Shinwei Rhoda Yen's Wooden Seat is Embedded With Mushroom Spores
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11
Guerrilla Benching
Guerrilla Benching
Green-Space Loving Activists Drill Down New Seats Around London
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10
Bluetooth-Enabled Public Seating
Bluetooth-Enabled Public Seating
The BoomBench
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9
Illuminated Benches
Illuminated Benches
LightBench by Frellstedt
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8
The Bench Toilet
The Bench Toilet
Troy Adams Luxury Loo
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7
Playground-Inspired Seating
Playground-Inspired Seating
The Swing Bench Lets Adults Play Like Children Again
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6
Seating From Recycled Newspapers
Seating From Recycled Newspapers
The '334' Bench
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5
Antisocial Seating
Antisocial Seating
Unusual and Uncomfortable Chairs and Benches
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4
Sculptural Benches
Sculptural Benches
'Hold The Line' is Customizable and Keeps You Connected in Style
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3
DIY Wheelbarrow Benches
DIY Wheelbarrow Benches
Mobile Outdoor Seating on a Wheel
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2
Modular Public Seating
Modular Public Seating
The Campus Bench Encourages Socializing
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1
Bright Contrast Furniture
Bright Contrast Furniture
Sculptural Bookshelf with Bench and Matching Pieces
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