Bench with seat made from pencils

The Pencil Bench was designed by Boex 3D Creative Solutions. The seat contains 1600 pencils that can be yanked out for use. I like how much it resembles a bed of nails. Link

[#1 posted by loftwyr , November 29, 2007 1:26 PM]

Hmmm.. the pencils all have erasers and they look close together. It might actually be comfortable (until too many pencils have been removed)

[#2 posted by PK , November 29, 2007 1:44 PM]

And it looks like Bush's travelling entourage. :) (A few articles below...)

[#3 posted by xoe , November 29, 2007 1:53 PM]

This is really great looking. But as you used the pencils (if you used the pencils) it would start to get really uneven and uncomfortable.

[#4 posted by johnbell , November 29, 2007 2:47 PM]

This was exhibited as part of Cornwall Design Week here in Falmouth earlier this month. I found it incredibly comfortable to sit on.

[#5 posted by duus , November 29, 2007 6:30 PM]

@JOHNBELL: first-hand knowledge about my first thought about it! Thanks!

[#6 posted by kostia , November 30, 2007 12:42 PM]

When I see "pencils" and "bench" in the same sentence, all I can think of is the Group W bench.

"But we had fun filling out the forms and playing with the pencils on the bench there."