The Ripples bench

Having spent several hours at the MoMA yesterday, I was in design heaven for a while. Today I discovered a piece of furniture, designed by Toyo Ito for Italian company Horm, which deserves to be included in their collection.

The Ripples bench is beautifully simple in concept and beautifully hypnotic in execution. Five different woods are inlaid in circles to create the 'ripples' which serve as seats. The only shame? Just 99 of the pieces will be produced.

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