Just as a bed of nails can support the weight of a person without piercing that person’s skin (because the weight is distributed across many nails), so this Pencil Bench by Boex can be sat on without fear of snapping the individual elements.
Apparently “stemming from a single conversation to see if we could incorporate an everyday office object into a piece of furniture,” the seat comprises 1,600, individually sprung pink pencils. The pencils are removable and useable.
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