i walked through soho square the other morning and found myself completely affected by this bench. it always slips my mind that there'll be no more kirsty maccoll albums. gorgeous voice. lovely songs.
seeing this reminded me of a great thing, which i've not seen, because richmond park is too damn far. an ian dury memorial bench - where you can plug in your headphones and listen to music and interviews. and it's solar powered. this is the designer.
it also made me think about those bbc4 benches on the south bank. 'everybody needs a place to think'. i'm surprised people aren't doing more benches as (dread words) 'ambient media'. at least you're giving something back when you do that, rather than just creating more clutter and crap.
I agree, I loved the BBC benches. I also liked the enamel Nicotinell sign you can still see on tube platforms. ('At times like these, it needn't be hell with Nicotinell'.) Someone really sweated the detail on it as well which is good to see. Hope it won something. Always wondered why Ragu never floated a hot-air ballon of their product over spaghetti junction.
Posted by: morgan | February 16, 2004 at 04:53 PM
maybe it's also something to do with enamel (in the case of Nicotinell)and wood (in the case of benches). there's solidity to this stuff, it's not just a bit of crappy fly-posting. it's got some tactile value, some substance.
Posted by: russell | February 20, 2004 at 09:10 AM
i had a similar thought: http://www.funkypancake.com/blog/archives/002527.html
Posted by: funkypancake | March 09, 2004 at 08:46 PM