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Product focus

Global Appeal
Yves Béhar and Landscape Forms create MultipliCITY,
a collection of outdoor public furniture elements

To create its first international product, Kalamazoo, Michigan-based
furniture and accessories manufacturer Landscape Forms turned to
Yves Béhar, design entrepreneur, CEO, and founder of fuseproject,
the New York- and San Francisco-based design branding firm. The
collaboration produced MultipliCITY (top left), a collection of outdoor
public furniture elements, including (clockwise from top right) a bike
rack, picnic-style tables and benches, benches with or without backs,
trash and recycling bins, and a solar-powered LED path light.
"We designed MultipliCITY to respond with emotional intelligence,
as well as functional intelligence, to the world we inhabit today," Béhar
says. The collection was specifically designed with commuters and
mobile workers in mind. Optional bench arms are wide and flat to hold
tablets or lunches. The bike rack features a shelf upon which riders can
place helmets and bags while securing their bikes.
Besides supporting a "work anywhere" approach, MultipliCITY is
also streamlined to be efficiently shipped around the globe. "The goal

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has always been to create a mass-produced piece of furniture that has
the ability to be regionally specific," says Kirt Martin, VP of design and
marketing for Landscape Forms.
Béhar designed the benches' and tables' sculptural cast aluminum
structural brackets-which come with a silver finish or in custom
colors-to be flat-packed, as opposed to shipping bulky, preassembled
pieces of furniture. Designers then locally procure wood or other
materials, such as marble or recycled plastic, to form the seating
and tabletop surfaces.
Benches can be further customized with mitered connections,
allowing for angled configurations that better respond to the landscape
and create conversation areas. "I wanted MultipliCITY to be a tool for
others to be creative," Béhar says. "In a way, we're shipping an idea, and
people are realizing it." -murrye bernard
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Feature: The Supporting Actor of Interiors: Amuneal Creates Interiors that Enhance Interior Architecture
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