Taisan Bench - Built Upon Discarded Plastic Grains
Urban Furniture (Street Bench)
The Taisan Bench is the first piece in the street furniture range and aims to bring the discourse of circular economy to everyday life, and eventually, to create a touch point to encourage cooperative contribution and efforts towards sustainability. The bench takes its inspiration from Korea's mountainous terrain and Sumukhwa, traditional ink wash painting. The symbol was derived from the collection of small pieces of dust plastic to create a huge mountain. The scenery of Bukhansan Mountain was captured from the brush strokes depicted in the paintings, and reinterpreted as the gradient grayscale layers and granolithic sheet on the top.
Client / Manufacturer
Design
Seoul Facilities Corporation
Seoul, KRLOTTE Chemical Corp.
Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do, KRLOWLIT COLLECTIVE
Seoul, KRDongho Kim, Jaesik Choi, Seunghyun Noh, Yoonyi KimDate of Launch
2022
Development Time
up to 12 Month
Target Regions
Asia
Target Groups
Consumers / Users, Public Sector / Government