Gallery: How Do You Design the Perfect Bike Rack or Park Bench?

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    MultipliCITY is a new line of outdoor furniture by Landscape Forms and Fuseproject including benches, tables, bike racks and more.
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    The pieces do their job and then some.
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    They arrive to buyers half-finished; purchasers get the metal brackets and are left to fill out the furniture with local woods.
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    It gives each piece a bit of local personality, but it also drastically cuts down on shipping costs.
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    But that flexibility also extends to functionality. Bench slats can be cut at angles to fit together flushly with other pieces.
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    The bike racks act as shelves for cyclists.
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    Once a familiar piece of furniture takes a slightly different form, says Fuseproject founder Yves Béhar, "you can start using it in all different ways."
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