This makes me very angry.
These are anti-homeless benches designed to look pleasing. It’s called hostile architecture. They’re meant to be uncomfortable to discourage sleeping on.
The people who designed these are assholes. They’re decorators, not designers.
A designer makes things to improve the world for everyone. A decorator takes otherwise unpalatable injustices and disguises them with aesthetics in an attempt to make them inoffensive or even desirable.
Be a designer, not a decorator.
@aral , there are worst examples, much worse
The "goodness" of capitalism
@Catweazle is that real?
@Catweazle Please tell me that’s from an art-house sci-fi dystopia film of some sort. These aren’t actually deployed somewhere on our planet are they?
@Catweazle Looks like it was a student “design” from ~10 years ago. Unless it was an ironic critique on social injustice, I hope that student was expelled without a degree. What the actual fuck?!
http://inventorspot.com/articles/iron_maiden_bench_excellent_unless_youre_short_cash
This appears to be the best clue I’ve found:
“Artist Fabian Brunsing tackled similar themes with a piece which criticizes the privatization of our public spaces.”
@axbom Thank you. There is hope for the world yet :)
@Catweazle @aral @axbom yes, those are everywhere, but the spikes with the coin slot seemed too evil and unreal