The W* House / Seating

Table, bench, chair

Sam Hecht / Established & Sons

£850

The next best place for inspirational ideas, after the shower, is apparently the commute. Sam Hecht clearly favours the latter, taking the interior of the Yamonote line on Tokyo’s Metro as inspiration for his standout seating range for Established & Sons. While most Japanese trains have standard benches and armrests, the Yamonote line has a bench with a lone gold seat in the middle. Interested in the way people reacted to the space, Hecht applied his characteristic, minimal elegance punctuating a solid oak base with Bentwood arms and legs. Definitely too good to be kept underground.

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