http://www.carolinetiger.com/2009/10/benched-corian-around-town-for-design-philadelphia/ This is the online home of design writer, Caroline Tiger. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:34:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.carolinetiger.com/2009/10/benched-corian-around-town-for-design-philadelphia/#comment-279 Riding the Bench | Spells Writing Lab Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:30:25 +0000 http://www.carolinetiger.com/?p=177#comment-279 [...] Yes, your grandparents’ kitchen counter was probably made from Corian. But, as Philadelphia found out last fall during DesignPhiladelphia 2009, the material can also be used to make really cool benches. As part of the citywide design fest, C.H. Briggs and DuPont Corian challenged local designers to play with the material and to imagine different shapes and forms to adorn the streetscape. Then they chose 14 of the designs to go ahead and manufacture. You can see some of them scattered around the city in this blog post. [...] [...] Yes, your grandparents’ kitchen counter was probably made from Corian. But, as Philadelphia found out last fall during DesignPhiladelphia 2009, the material can also be used to make really cool benches. As part of the citywide design fest, C.H. Briggs and DuPont Corian challenged local designers to play with the material and to imagine different shapes and forms to adorn the streetscape. Then they chose 14 of the designs to go ahead and manufacture. You can see some of them scattered around the city in this blog post. [...]

]]> http://www.carolinetiger.com/2009/10/benched-corian-around-town-for-design-philadelphia/#comment-92 danya Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:41:11 +0000 http://www.carolinetiger.com/?p=177#comment-92 Permutation is definitely my favorite! Thanks for the photos & recap. Gotta get out and see them. Hope they stay... Permutation is definitely my favorite! Thanks for the photos & recap. Gotta get out and see them. Hope they stay…

]]> http://www.carolinetiger.com/2009/10/benched-corian-around-town-for-design-philadelphia/#comment-91 corian Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:37:17 +0000 http://www.carolinetiger.com/?p=177#comment-91 I am a big fan of these projects. Great work I am a big fan of these projects. Great work

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