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Tokyo Bench by Gehry Partners
Gehry Partners, the architecture office of Frank Gehry, presented a snaking bench as part of Design Tide in Tokyo over the weekend.
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Called Tokyo Bench, the maple bench was installed in the lobby of World Co Aoyama Building.
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Design Tide is a series of exhibitions that took place in Tokyo form 30 October to 3 November, concurrently with Tokyo Designers Week.
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The bench was designed for World Co by Craig Webb and Claire Imatani of Gehry Partners and manufactured by Tomas Osinski Design Inc.
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Photos are by Luke Hayes.
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