Berlin-based artist Martin Binder has just created the Balance Bench located in Einbeck, Germany. It is crafted to function like a seesaw. The construction relies on oak slats on a galvanised steel frame. It is meant to carefully rock back and forth like a playful seesaw. Due to this, it needs users to work together to find a common balance.

Binder explained more about the Balance Bench, “The idea behind the Balance Bench was to create an object in public space which fosters communication instead of creating barriers. I observed that seating in public spaces is not meant to provoke interaction but rather to create distance. The wood is framed by steel but peeks out by a few millimetres so that on hot or cold days there is no direct contact between the legs, back and the metal.”

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