Soft Baroque

Spring Break

Superbench

What is a super bench? Does it suit modern functions (USB charging stations and WiFi clouds), contemporary aesthetics, or foster conceptual dialog? No. Being super is being ideological pure, but somewhat irrational with an element of fantasy. This project allowed us to experiment with the “what could be super” within a everyday typo-logical object.

Superbench

This bench was originally inspired by a YouTube video of an man in a tie dyed t-shirt on a kids’ playground toy. Bobbing back and forth dragging his body on the ground clinging desperately to the handles before finally giving way, meanwhile his kid is hysterically laughing along with the wife who is behind the camera. We hope that this bench can bring such enjoyment to its users. Spring Break is a slick grown-up version of ride-on playground toys, made from polished stainless steel bench mounted on spring feet.

Superbench
Superbench

Spring Break bench was comissioned by Felix Burrichter, Andreas Angelidakis and Mia Lundstrom. Järfälla, April 2017. Photos by Soft Baroque and Henrik Blomqvist.