Two sibling products created in collaboration between Landscape Forms and London-based design studio Industrial Facility, Plains & Pods™ embrace the potential of non-prescriptive design to elevate, humanize and personalize public outdoor space.
Designed to either work independently or together in concert, Plains & Pods are united around the concept of layering—both in the physical sense and in the experiential sense—to create well-rounded, multi-dimensional settings that inspire design creativity and prioritize the freedom and expression of their users.
As fully-fledged product systems, both Plains & Pods individually bring depth, multi-functionality and user freedom to the landscape, but together their impact is magnified. Combined compositions go deeper into determining the social ambiance of space, seeing solo versus communal not as a binary, but as a continuum along which there can be many nodes for many different types of interaction—large groups, small groups, families, couples, solos wanting privacy, and solos wanting to interact with others sharing the space.
Rectilinear, bold and architectural, Plains are large-format beams and platforms that vary in height and width to create multifaceted settings that speak to their users’ individuality. Accompanying the range of Plains modules, optional metal backs and attaching side tables create installations with a level of specificity, detail and variety only rivaled by custom solutions.
The curvilinear counterpart to Plains, Pods seats and planters are designed to be grouped together in tiered clusters of respite space and attractive greenery. Short Pods planters share footprints with the wood-topped seats to create cohesive installations, while tall Pods planters are used to bring height, space definition and visual variety.
Plains & Pods are designed to meet users where they are. They’re welcoming and familiar in form and scale, yet uncoded, non-prescriptive and open to be interpreted how their users see fit. Laying down, stretching out, perching, sitting cross-legged, sharing space with strangers—activities that might feel counterintuitive on a ‘conventional’ bench feel natural on Plains.
Similarly, groupings of differently sized Pods give users the opportunity to determine exactly how they interact with space and with one another, enabling people to find their ideal spot within an installation that matches their mood in the moment.
Category:FurnitureYear:2024Designers:Industrial Facility Limited, London, United Kingdom and Landscape Forms, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USAManufacturer:Landscape Forms, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
