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Hot or Not? Bench by Sschemata
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We see a lot of mismatch chairs on Apartment Therapy; some people love them, some people hate them. We found this bench by Sschemata and while it seems so simple there is an elegance to it that we found appealing. This is the designers description:

a chair+ a( duck-legged )chair+ a chair+ a chair+ a chair+ a chair ⇒ a bench

What do you think?

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Comments (12)

I'd rather just sit in one of the chairs. It's an interesting idea but it doesn't work for me.

posted by Carmella on August 29th 2008 at 9:46am
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this reminds me of the tree trunk bench by Droog

http://www.droog.com/products/furniture---objects/tree-trunk-bench/

posted by E.M.H on August 29th 2008 at 9:53am
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I just don't see any point to this at all. Its neither practical or attractive.

posted by catspajamas on August 29th 2008 at 9:55am
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I so like the fact that the legs are painted but the seat and backs are unfinished. It's a nice detail but a little too subtle and the whole thing doesn't really work anway.

posted by matt in kc on August 29th 2008 at 10:04am
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Not my dish of tea, but I can see working in the right sort of commercial space

posted by JonathanB on August 29th 2008 at 10:43am
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The concept is sort of interesting, but this is very lazily executed. "Six perfectly good chairs were harmed in the making of this bench."

posted by ChristopherB on August 29th 2008 at 11:04am
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Poorly executed. Don't see any sense in this whatsoever.

posted by House Obsession on August 29th 2008 at 11:23am
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I am sick to death of all the "witty cleverness" that has spilled into the design world.

Look what you have wrought, Marcel Wanders!

posted by RichardinLA on August 30th 2008 at 12:27am
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this is not a bench. its a plank sitting on chairs.

lame.

posted by radiobaby on August 30th 2008 at 11:40am
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When I've seen this done before, all the chairs were painted the same color and a long cushion was used to meld them together. I've also seen simple tie back covers used to further disguise the different chair backs.

posted by Kinky Gazpacho on August 30th 2008 at 12:18pm
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I see a plank of wood and blah chairs that aren't chairs anymore.

posted by K T G on August 30th 2008 at 1:02pm
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It's so simple, it's brilliant!
I was looking for a bench. This solves my problem. I can make it the length I want it. This just solved a space problem I have. Thanx.

posted by Ccoston on May 24th 2009 at 3:45pm
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