Design Secrets: Furniture

“Lucky for them, in Spain they have more sun than we do,”

Häberli says, describing how he got started designing his outdoor

benches. “You can imagine the people spend more time out-

doors, in the streets, in the piazzas, than we do. I just imagined

people who were in a park. I thought of a couple, or a person

who is alone, or a poet, or a guy who works at a bank, or a

philosopher. So, I invent for myself this type of professional to

create the shape of these benches to give them a stronger char-

acter than you would have in a typical bench.” Häberli considered

how a poet might sit in the park and ponder a poem on a warm

afternoon, or how a couple might ...