Soft Baroque, a London-based design duo ( Nicholas Gardner and Saša Štucin), brings kinetic energy to public spaces in Logrono, Spain, with its Dancing Bench. It’s no ordinary piece of furniture, but a bench that sways and moves in a gentle motion when weight is applied. This unconventional bench challenges the notion of an archetypal public furniture through movements and an unpredictable mechanism. It is designed to encourage interaction and sensory experience for the little moments of joy and fun.
At first glance, it looks like a typical bench in the park, a deceiving sculptural piece with unassuming and minimal design. When someone sits on it, the strangeness comes to the surface as the bench moves in a ripple-like motion, disrupting not just the user’s physical posture but its solidity, too. This subtle interaction between the object and the user results in an experience that is uncanny but joyful.
The moving parallel planes – that rotate manually the moment someone takes a seat – are responsible for the Dancing Bench’s swaying motion, providing ergonomic comfort. It provides a meditative and playful affair, like a rocking chair or hammock.
This rhythmic and unique furniture changes the way we see and interact with day-to-day objects. It is responsive to the user, communicates in rhythmic motion, and invites people for a shared experience.
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More than a place of rest, the Dancing Bench makes people physically engage, contemplate, and reexamine how everyday objects can influence daily lives and sensory engagement. It serves as an example that a piece of furniture can do more than what is traditionally expected of it.
Soft Baroque changes the perspective and gives people space to move a little differently, breaking the familiar concept of usual public furniture with the Dancing Bench. To note, Nicholas Gardner and Saša Štucin present this piece as part of their ongoing ‘Dancing Furniture’ series, exploring furniture as a performative and interactive object.
Via: Designboom
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