Wednesday 20 August 2014

A beautiful, ever-changing bench, by Aust & Amelung

Nest of Pearls_Design Blog_Bench by Aust & Amelung

"Defining the ideal form and function through reduction and simplicity"; this is part of the philosophy of German design duo Miriam Aust and Sebastian Amelung, who together form the design practice Aust & Amelung. And they have definitely been true to their philosophy with this beautiful, minimalist bench.

find that if you squint when looking at it, this bench takes you back to the 70's. It kind of reminds me of the furniture my grandparents had. Although I wasn't around when they'd have purchased it, it certainly lived on for quite some time into the decades that followed. The use of the faded grey and blue colours, with that distinct dash of brown, is quite retro-ish, however there is a definite signature of modernism in the use of the very fine light wood structure, the metal pins that the cushions strap in with, and the thin and elegant legs of the bench.

So, it very simply works by the comfy, rectilinear cushions sliding into the fine grooves in the back of the bench, such that a number of seating arrangements are possible. And I always seem to be harping on about simplicity, but I do love when gentle design is simply born through an intelligent, uncomplicated and functional response to a design problem.

Nest of Pearls_Design Blog_Bench by Aust & Amelung

Nest of Pearls_Design Blog_Bench by Aust & Amelung

Nest of Pearls_Design Blog_Bench by Aust & Amelung

Source - aust-amelung via pinterest
Images courtesy of - aust-amelung
Photography by - minu lee

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