Designers Collaborate to Create Concrete and Plywood Bench for Toronto Restaurant
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Summary
Design studios Cassius Castings and Limba collaborated to create a concrete and plywood bench for a restaurant in Toronto, involving the public in the furniture-making process through a hosted event. The bench was designed for Rooms Coffee, a Japanese cafe and listening lounge in Toronto's Dovercourt Village neighborhood.
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· 2 pulledDesign studios Cassius Castings and Limba have created a concrete and plywood bench for a restaurant in Toronto and hosted an event to involve the public in its production.
The two studios were commissioned to design a modular seating unit for Rooms Coffee – a Japanese cafe and listening lounge in a post-industrial building in Toronto's Dovercourt Village neighbourhood.
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