WE CREATED A BENCH TO RECONNECT WITH THIS FAMILIAR PLACE, THE ONE FROM CHILDHOOD MEMORIES WHERE EVERYTHING BEGINS: THE SCHOOL BENCH. THIS SIMPLE OBJECT IS LIKE A WITNESS TO FIRST FRIENDSHIPS, SHARED CONFIDENCES, LAUGHTER, AND LITTLE SECRETS.
IN IMAGINING THIS BENCH, WE WANTED TO REVIVE THAT FEELING—A SPACE WHERE CONNECTIONS FORM, WHERE COMPANIONS ARE DISCOVERED, WHERE THE AUTHENTICITY OF EXCHANGES SHAPES MEMORIES. FOR US, THIS BENCH IS A METAPHOR. FOR YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN A DUO OF FRIENDS AND CREATORS. THIS BENCH IS LIKE THE IMAGINARY SPACE WE HAVE SHARED AND NOURISHED TOGETHER. TODAY, WE BRING IT TO LIFE HERE TO SYMBOLIZE THOSE MOMENTS OF REVERIE WHEN THE MIND DRIFTS, WHEN ONE GAZES AT THE WORLD OUTSIDE, AND GETS LOST IN THOUGHT. WE DESIGNED THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BENCH IN RAW METAL, A MATERIAL THAT AGES WELL, DEVELOPS A PATINA OVER TIME, AND RETAINS A FAMILIAR STURDINESS.
THE AGED METAL, SOLID YET WELCOMING, EVOKES THE CONTINUITY OF OBJECTS THAT CROSS GENERATIONS AND BECOME SILENT WITNESSES TO THE MEMORIES ATTACHED TO THEM. ITS NATURAL PATINA TELLS THE STORY OF THE BENCH’S LIFE, A TRIBUTE TO THE HANDS THAT TOUCHED IT, THE BODIES THAT SAT UPON IT, THE MOMENTS SHARED. 
THE SEAT, MADE OF SUPERIMPOSED RUBBER LINES, REPRESENTS OUR SUCCESSIVE EXPERIENCES—SLICES OF LIFE THAT COMBINE TO FORM A SOLID AND HARMONIOUS UNITY. WE WANTED A SOFT, ENVELOPING SEAT THAT INVITES PEOPLE TO SIT, INTERACT, AND CLAIM THIS MOMENT AS THEIR OWN. A TEXTURED SURFACE, WHERE COLLECTIVE MEMORIES GRADUALLY IMPRINT, BECOMES A TRUE FABRIC OF MEMORY.
YES, TIME PASSES, AND PERHAPS WE’VE AGED A LITTLE, BUT THIS BENCH REMAINS AS AN INVITATION TO STAY THAT ETERNAL STUDENT WHO OBSERVES, DREAMS, ANDIMAGINES OTHER REALITIES.