The present results from all choices that have been made in the past. Furniture design follows that same line. As soon as we are happy with a piece of furniture’s form and with the way we use it, we will no longer question its form nor its function. By reversing certain choices, Casimir investigates the present form of a piece of furniture. He so to speak rewrites history and presents simple, but equivalent alternatives.
The bench’s oblong form directs us to use it in a certain way: one always sits next to someone else on a bench. Bank n°1 divides the long seat in two, places both halves opposite to one another and links them with a cross-piece, thus reducing eight legs to four. The final result is a U-form with a bench leg on all four outer corners. This arrangement doesn’t only allow one to take place opposite to one another, but also makes it easier to step into the seat.
Allthough the arrangement is innovative, the bench’s construction and structure are classical and genuine. On the outer side, both seats sit on a horizontal crossbeam, on their turn each resting on two legs, one at each end. The structure is entirely made of wood, wooden joints and glue, without any other, metal, reinforcements or joints. Bank n°1 and Lange Tafel n°2 have this type of construction in common.
Dimensions: 154 x 120 x 45 cm
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