🏛️ Architecture & Design 20h ago · Ida Torres

Road Barriers Become Benches Without Losing Their Warning Stripes

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Road Barriers Become Benches Without Losing Their Warning Stripes
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A red-and-white safety barrier isn’t an object I’d normally consider inviting. It’s supposed to interrupt your plans. That’s why the stop! collection by Studio Martins Mezulis and creative 13_0663_tsx makes such a good first impression as a design idea. The outdoor benches and stools borrow the panels of Dutch traffic barriers to make places to sit, addressing a basic need in public space: somewhere to pause.
Waiting for a friend shouldn’t require buying a coffee to justify occupying a chair. I

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