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Cradle Chair: Big Basket Seat Rocks Adults Gently to Sleep

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There is no escaping those innate and early-learned associations – for some, it means sleeping to gentle noises on planes, and for others, the act of rocking tilts us softly into a deep slumber.

Richard Clarkson and company wanted to create a kind of low-tech, sensory-deprivation, sofa-style seat where one can curl up and forget the workaday worries of ordinary life … and perhaps even doze over before you notice you are slowly falling asleep.

While there is art and craft in this object, there is science that went into its design as well. Specifically, research into autistic children and those who suffer from RMD (rhythmic moving disorder) played a crucial role in the shape and structure of the result.

For all its theoretical complexity, the final form looks quite simple (and extremely comfortable). A bleached-and-bent-wood framework with unfinished wooden-slat infill is cushioned by a series of coverless pillow strips, making the assembly legible but not overpowering as part of the appearance. The entire piece rocks forward due to wood weight when unoccupied, then lounges back naturally when someone sits in it.

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Sharp-Edged Seat: Custom Bench for LA’s Concrete Jungle

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Designed and built for a Los Angeles exhibition, this bench was made with harsh, bare and inhospitable urban environments in mind. Acute-angled edges and corners are not sharpened to slice the sitter, but are sufficiently honed to keep you on the edge of your seat.

The seating portion itself is crafted from reclaimed Douglas Fir, linked to a precast concrete base and side planter via steel fasteners.

Created by Blafu, their builder-side take reads as a somewhat disjointed narrative – fitting, perhaps, for such a strange, bold and offbeat bench: “For us, an exploration into a particular idea: the bridging and subsequent union of the hard and soft works … “

“An idea of high craft and geometrical intersection, reclaimed materials tailored to new, the concrete jungle and green space…. and an orange grove, …simply because you should. Construct facets and live well.”

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