Park benches, and other forms of public seating, for such a small element of our daily urban life, play a big part in how we interact with open space. A bench itself invites the art of observation ...

Urban design that tries to segregate well ... Tokyo is often identified with its prickly public seating. The city’s parks are home to all kinds of benches designed to make it uncomfortable ...

We should focus all of this interest on a single day, to make a much bigger statement about the use of public space ... “parklets” – tiny urban parks and seating areas created from ...

Judges comments: "Rely considers the changing needs of urban spaces and how they can be divided intelligently. By turning a barricade into useful seating and then integrating it into a public ...

Over the years, public seating has been removed from virtually ... but they’re just shuffling problems around and making urban spaces hostile to everyone else as well, alleges Arieff.

From hybrid workspaces to urban environments in constant ... So, are modular seating systems redefining our perception of public space? The answer is yes. When we think about the future of public ...

A sort of seating 2.0. It's about enhancing ... allows for flexible configurations, enabling public spaces to evolve with the changing needs of urban communities. The decision to have the powered ...