Chris Dobson's timber bench will be built later this year Informed by local design traditions, he aimed to reflect the styles of both traditional Orkney chairs and the more recent brutalist concrete bus shelters on the Isle of Lewis. Read: Emerging designers brighten London's streets with playful City BenchesĬhris Dobson's Monolith bench, which will be built later this year, will be made from Scottish larch cross-laminated timber.
"We were inspired to design a bench that disrupts classical ideals of the pleasure garden and the carefully cultivated, well-ordered landscapes often seen within the grounds of stately homes," said the designers. In their collaboration, Dress for the Weather's Andy Campbell and Stefanie Cheong created a bench from locally sourced sandstone, which dates back 400 million years, topped with recycled waste from plastic packaging. A seat of recycled plastic sits atop a historic sandstone base in a bench by Dress for the Weather The result is a park seat that doubles up as an abstract sculpture, which the designer hopes will demonstrate the beauty that can evolve from the inherent properties of found materials. Through her design, Walac aimed to reshape and recontextualise found scraps, letting the benches' forms evolve from the unique features of the reclaimed materials. "There are two amazing views here so it was important that the benches looked in both directions, towards the house and the Japanese gardens." The form of C A Walac's bench is determined by the characteristics of found materialsĬ A Walac created her bench from scrap metal sourced from within 0.01 miles of her Glasgow studio. "The arched inserts allow wheelchair users to use the benches too as a surface to place picnics and maps," she said. The seats were designed both for sitting and as flat surfaces for placing objects like books or picnics.
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Rekha Maker's series of seats takes inspiration from the nearby Marble Hall "Designed to reflect the sumptuous palette of the Marble Hall inside the house, I've worked to create a piece of luxury for everyone outside," said Rekha Maker founder Rekha Barry. The set of four chairs was made from various shades of jesmonite to mimic the abundance of marble in the building. Rekha Maker's VISTA benches were based on the colour palette of Mount Stuart House's Marble Hall. Dress for the Weather and Stefanie Cheong created a pair of sandstone benches
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