Traditional wooden workbenches used mortise-and-tenon joinery at every leg joint, creating rigidity without a single bolt or metal fastener. Thick hardwood tops — often beech or maple — could be ...

Dutch designer Ward Wijnant has created a bench made of two types of steel decorated with welded patterns to mimic wood grain and tempered to reveal their "crazy, hidden colours". The mild steel and ...

Bent stainless steel benches in Philly’s SEPTA station are designed to stand the ultimate urban test. A subway bench never proves itself on the first day. That was one of the things that interested ...