Many things shape the face of a city: buildings, bridges, parks, sculptures… even benches! That’s right, this simple form of public furniture can also add more emotion to a particular site.
Bored Panda created this list of unusual bench designs to illustrate that creativity can transform busy streets into cozy communal living rooms. Whether you’re grabbing a quick lunch, or waiting for your date, these benches will definitely brighten your day!
#1 Park In Vöcklabruck, Austria
Image source: Roland Barthofer
#2 Bench In Kiev, Ukraine
#3 Paprocany Lake Shore Redevelopment
Image source: Tomasz Zakrzewski
#4 Rotating Bench Keeps The Seat Dry After Rain
Image source: Yanko design
#5 The Blue Carpet In Newcastle, England
Image source: Anton Deque, Steve
#6 Creative Park Bench, Massachusetts
Image source: Sheila Kennedy
#7 Bench By Alleswirdgut Architektur, Luxembourg
Image source: AllesWirdGut Architektur
#8 Whale Tail Bench
Image source: santa barbarian
#9 Typewriter Bench
#10 Bench Out Of Pencils In Kiev, Ukraine
Image source: Sveta BSveta
#11 Off-ground, Copenhagen, Denmark
Image source: http://cargocollective.com/
#12 The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe Book Bench, London
Image source: hiddeninabook
#13 Custom Curve Seats, Cadigal Green, University Of Sydney, Australia
Image source: Taylor Cullity Lethlean
#14 Seats In The Shape Of A Tulip By Tulpi Design
Image source: TulpiDesign
#15 Musical Bench
#16 El Poeta Bench By Alfredo Häberli
Image source: bdbarcelona.com
#17 Bus Stop Bench
Image source: escapekit.ca
#18 Swinging Bench By Neulhae Cho
Image source: Neulhae Cho
#19 888 Brannan Office Building In San Francisco
Image source: Joe Fletcher
#20 Creative Bench
Image source: multipanel.com
#21 Kansas City Public Library Stairs
Image source: John
#22 Soft Bench By Lucile Soufflet
Image source: Lucile Soufflet
#23 Glassconcrete Bench By Zoltan Bencze & Szovetseg’39, Pecs, Hungary
Image source: ivankaconcrete.com
#24 Lungo Mare Bench
Image source: escofet.com
#25 Double Doily, New York, Ny
Image source: Jennifer Cecere
#26 Book Bench In Paris
Image source: petit mouvement
#27 Benches With Big Hats, Marseille, France
Image source: Victor Vieillard
#28 The State Of The Pulse At Rest, International Garden Show Hamburg
Image source: terramanus.de
#29 Benches In Exhibition At The Sheldon Art Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri
Image source: Melissa Kaseman
#30 Tree Bench Of Tree Bench, Seattle, Usa
Image source: Paul Sorey
#31 Robot Bench In Enschede, Netherlands
Image source: Boris Tellegen aka Delta
#32 Creative Benches In New York
Image source: Interboro Partners
#33 Letter Bench, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England
Image source: boex.co.uk
#34 Funny City Bench, Bangkok
Image source: AFP
#35 Creative Bench
#36 Bench On Acid
Image source: ForScale
#37 Benches In Riva Promenade Of Croatian City Split
Image source: 3LHD Architects
#38 Garabatos, Series Of Benches By Pablo Reinoso
Image source: Pablo Reinoso
#39 Diy Urban Bench
Image source: radarq
#40 Lightwave, A Sculptural Bench In Ithaca, NY
Image source: After Architecture
#41 Creative Public Bench
#42 Circular Bench Bruxelles
Image source: LUCILE SOUFFLET
#43 The Wave In Chicago, IL
Image source: dSPACE Studio
#44 Buttmunches, San Francisco Ferry Plaza, CA
Image source: Lorna and Jill Watt
#45 Sail Benches, Vercheres, Canada
Image source: Les Ateliers Guyon
#46 Mountain Inspired Benches
Image source: Elodie Stephan
#47 The Tree Bench In The Netherlands
#48 Modern Bamboo Bench In New York
Image source: Elena Goray
#49 Benches In Jean Baptiste Lebas Park, Lille, France
Image source: west8
#50 Light Bench In Barcelona
Image source: july.arch91
#51 Space Inbetween By Worapong Manupipatpong
Image source: Worapong Manupipatpong
#52 Swan Bench In Amsterdam
Image source: Chuck Holton
#53 Social Bench
Image source: Jeppe Hein
#54 Unire/Unite In Rome, Italy
Image source: Urban Movement Design
#55 Bench Go Round, San Francisco
Image source: George Zisiadis
#56 Swirling Bench
Image source: malikgallery.com
#57 Nest Bench
#58 Piano Bench In Andrassy Ave, Budapest
Image source: Karen Bryan
#59 Concrete Bench At New York Botanical Garden, Bronx
Image source: Francis Jonckheere
#60 Unique Public Bench
#61 Sustainable Wooden Bench In United Kingdom
Image source: PHILIP KOOMEN
#62 Onsite Benches By Sebastien Wierinck, Berlin, Germany And Paris, France
Image source: Frank Seehausen, Sebastien Normand
#63 Claude Ponti Bench, Nantes, France
Image source: chouetteweekend.com
#64 Steora – Solar Smart Bench With Phone Charger And Internet
Image source: steora.com
#65 Flexible Seating By Izabela Bołoz, Gdynia, Poland
Image source: Izabela Bołoz
#66 Bench In London
Image source: leonorejg
#67 Portable Bench In London
Image source: wmbstudio.co.uk
#68 Montenegro – City Kotor
#69 Walking Down The Street In Seoul – South Korea
#70 National Taiwan University Hospital Station,taipei,taiwan
#71 The Wanderest – A Seat That Attaches To Existing Circular Or Octagonal Lamp Posts
Image source: Nichola Trudgen
#72 Debrecen
#73 X- Shaped Loungers In Times Square, Nyc
Image source: inhabitat.com
#74 Water Bench Collects And Stores Rainwater
Image source: MARS
#75 Bench Of Plates By Al_a
Image source: Established & Sons
#76 Creative Wood Benches
Image source: Adler & Olesch
#77 Klaipeda
#78 Beer Bottle Bench, Qingdao, China
#79 Salt Lake City, Utah Bench Created By Richard Johnston
#80 Modified Social Benches In Ny
Image source: Jeppe Hein
#81 On A Lap – Amersfoort, The Netherlands (2003 Henk Visch)
#82 London Bench
Image source: Alan Stanton
#83 Red Rock Bench, Calgary Canada
#84 Love Bench, Moldova Chisinau
#85 Bicycle Bench – Dublin (ireland)
#86 Shark Girl Bench, Canalside, New York
#87 The Sitting Stone, Šiauliai, Lithuania
#88 “V” Shaped Bench In Belgium
Image source: beaufort04
#89 Cool Bench In Salt Lake City, Usa By The Artist Richard Johnston
#90 Corniche Beach, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
#91 Wellington Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
#92 This A Titanium 3,000 Dollar School Chair.
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