Fluidity
The design is inspired from the community spirit and lifestyle of living in a Kampung. Set against a tropical climate, the bench seeks to be flexible, porous and free-sprited. With reference to community spirit, our bench is meant to be interactive, to explore different sitting postures. The bench itself is in a passive state and requires one or more person to rotate to another position to explore another form, therefore fostering human interaction.
The sunken curvature profile of the bench is based on the action-reaction response when a user rests on it. The interactivity of the rotating bench was inspired by the Rattan Baby Chair which has multi-functions. It is a chair for babies to sit during meal times and the horizontal bracing between the legs serves as the baby’s food table. When rotated, it becomes a stool for a normal adult to sit.
Therefore, we thought our bench could be interactive whereby people rotate the bench to discover other seating postures.
