Newspaper Bench

I love benches. I think a key element to a having a more walkable city is to have benches everywhere. They’re also a great way to introduce some whimsical design into the city. I don’t know if the bench below is very practical in Tampa. Even if kept out of the rain the ambient humidity would probably destroy it over the course of a summer. Nonetheless, I’m curious how they are built. How do you think this bench is built?

“334.
First furniture of the “X days project” series. The concept of it is to reuse the free newspapers we get in the street. Make your own piece of furniture by collecting day by day the free papers. The “334” bench is made of 3 parallel bars of metal and 334 newspapers folded and stacked next to each other. The challenge of that series is to recycle a product, but also to design a furniture without using any screw, glue, soldering, etc. Because of the large number of newspapers stacked in the 3 bars, the whole structure is very strong and can support more than 5 persons. The “334” bench costed around 5 pounds.”

Here’s a link to a collection of cool bench designs.