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Titikaka
Outdoor bench of teakwood slats in a wave-like arrangement, designed by Naoto Fukasawa in 2009
2500 × 780 × 890 mm
2009
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Description
Overview
Titikaka is an outdoor bench designed by Naoto Fukasawa in 2009. It revamps the traditional typology of the outdoor bench with a contemporary language and is an impressive piece that resembles a sculpture.
Construction
Teakwood slats cover the structure down to the ground on both front and back. They are positioned horizontally on the aluminium structure in an original wave-like arrangement that creates curves that are both pleasant and ergonomically functional. Its frame is listed as aluminium and solid wood, with plastic ferrules.
Specifications
Overall size 250 x 89 x 78 cm (TK). Finishes are anodized aluminium and natural teakwood.
Story
A lake that sets the shape
The waters of Lake Titicaca dictate the shape and the name of the bench. The lake lies between Bolivia and Peru, and this very beautiful place caught Fukasawa's attention. He tried to capture the movement of the waves and to move the bench into a new, wavy shape.
A bench in a new realm
Fukasawa redesigned a traditionally immobile piece and set it in a new realm of poetry and sculpture.
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