Outdoor benches
March 9, 2009 | Edward Tufte
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I designed some informal benches for my sculpture show at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Peter Taylor and ET made these from cut down ash, oak, and poplar trees from our land, which were cut into thick boards at a nearby sawmill and then dried and weathered over the years. Shown are some test designs for simple elegant outdoor benches. Note the “live edges,” the rounded edges of the tree trunk stripped of bark.
Topics: E.T.
I like too the way the benches are “scattered” (for lack of a better word). Here’s a brief write-up of what I think is poor seating design …
http://www.rationalsys.com/366oct.html#20081020