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Made of materials ranging from teak
to polypropylene, landscape furnishings for cities, parks,
and private spaces need to withstand the elements as well
as heavy-duty client needs. For the latest outdoor products,
check out the ASLA’s Annual Meeting & Expo held from
10/29–11/2 in Salt Lake City.
—Rita F. Catinella
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Stacked So Happy
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Cheap Chic bar stool, Philippe Starck |
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Quadra planters
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Lightweight and lighthearted
outdoor furniture
The Take 5 outdoor furniture collection is a
major introduction from Landscape Forms that will partner
the company’s award-winning standard collection
of outdoor commercial furnishings. The offspring of
several international design studios, including Marco
Maran, Philippe Starck, T. Yoshino, and Dominic Symons,
Take 5’s seating, table, and planter line is intended
to offer solutions for a variety of commercial outdoor
and indoor spaces, including restaurants, entertainment
venues, corporate and university campuses, and hospitality
and health-care environments. Most of the products feature
molded polypropylene, while chair legs are made of stainless
steel or aluminum, and the Yummy table top and Cheap
Chic table base are made of stainless steel. Landscape
Forms is offering a Take 5 “test drive,” allowing
specifiers to try the line for 30 days before buying.
The entire collection is offered with a one-year warranty
for outdoor use, and since they are warehoused in Michigan,
most orders will ship within 48 hours. For more information
on Landscape Forms’ new white paper on environmental
design trends, see this month’s Product Literature,
page 228. Landscape Forms, Kalamazoo, Mich. www.landscapeforms.com
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A side view of the Spirit
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Curvaceous collection of
teak
furnishings
Diamond Teak’s award-winning Spirit Song
collection of outdoor furniture is made of solid plantation
teak from Costa Rica, where the company has planted
tens of thousands of native trees certified by the Forestry
Stewardship Council. Designed by Barbara and Robert
Tiffany, the line of benches, chairs, and tables features
thin, parallel teak beams that are joined by stainless-steel
rods and arranged in undulating patterns that provide
balance while maintaining the illusion of fluidity.
The pieces can be used indoors as well as out, and the
benches can be made in different lengths and ergonomic
shapes, including compound-curve or S-curve benches,
long backless benches, and reverse-curve benches. The
benches have been used in such projects as Battery Park
in New York City and the Barney’s Show Store in
Hollywood, California, where Diamond Teak manufactured
custom backless benches measuring 3' wide by 8' long.
Diamond Teak, Sellersville, Pa.
www.diamondteak.com
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Turtle-friendly lighting,
cushioned bench
Triada, the newest addition to Forms+Surfaces standard
lighting product line, was designed and developed for
the City of Miami Beach, Florida. The fixtures needed
to integrate with the nautical environment as well as
manage light output with directional shields to protect
the local turtle habitat from light pollution. The company
has also recently added an upholstered seat to their Bridge
Bench site-furniture line. Forms+Surfaces, Carpinteria,
Calif. www.forms-surfaces.com
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Holier than other tables and
benches
British designer Michael Young has trained with
Tom Dixon and worked for world-class companies such as
Cappellini, Magis, and Sawaya & Moroni. Tölt,
his new outdoor-furnishings offering for Extremis, combines
the “classic” material of acacia wood with a
“high-tech” tabletop made of Corian. The wooden
table legs feature a 70s and 80s retro feel, while the
perforated Corian top allows for easier drainage and cleaning.
Tölt is available in a round table with low stools
or a rectangular table with matching benches. Ideas for
Living, Albuquerque, N.M. www.extremis.be
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