Tennisball Bench (2003); Tejo Remy and Rene Veenhuizen; On Loan from KYCAD - Part of the Proceeds go to KYCAD
You may think tennis balls have limited use — but innovative Dutch design duo Tejo Remy and Rene Veenhuizen find another use for the bright felt material. Initially part of a project for the digital art depot of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the design of the benches are linked to the appearance of micro-organisms.
The colorful, clever design of the bench is fashioned from a steel frame and dozens of tennis balls. When displayed at the digital art depot, the collection of benches formed a giant, public sofa. In 2008, new museum management discarded the benches— the original pieces were lost to archival memory. This is one of the five benches produced outside of the museum project.
Like ALT, the integration of found and repurposed vernacular objects challenges the modern trend of corporate mass production and overconsumption.