Furniture Design Petit Duc Bench by Julien Hac Petit Duc is a bench designed for both outdoor and indoor use. The seat is a tablet of shale sandstone, a local stone quarried near Malmedy in Belgium. The stone blocks are cut, machined and polished, and the chamfers are shaped by hand. The tablet rests on slender legs of metallized steel with a powder coating that resists corrosion and ultraviolet light. The bench measures 2000 mm in length and weighs 80 kg. Four finishes are offered: raw, honed light, honed dark and sanded. The aim was to give new value to a local material.
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Petit Duc Bench by Julien Hac is a winner of the A' Furniture Design Award. Petit Duc Bench earned the A' Design Award in 2022 and is showcased on Furniture Design Winners among other outstanding designs. Explore the project details, discover other works by Julien Hac and see why Petit Duc Bench design sets itself apart from its competition.
About Petit Duc
Furniture Design Petit Duc Bench by Julien Hac Petit Duc is a bench designed for both outdoor and indoor use. The seat is a tablet of shale sandstone, a local stone quarried near Malmedy in Belgium. The stone blocks are cut, machined and polished, and the chamfers are shaped by hand. The tablet rests on slender legs of metallized steel with a powder coating that resists corrosion and ultraviolet light. The bench measures 2000 mm in length and weighs 80 kg. Four finishes are offered: raw, honed light, honed dark and sanded. The aim was to give new value to a local material. Petit Duc earned the A' Design Award at the Iron level, an esteemed recognition in the A' Design Award & Competition. Iron-level designs demonstrate sound ideas and professional design, and are selected by a grand jury, for publication among the award-winning works, after fair, ethical, meritocratic and impartial academic review, where nominated projects are voted through blind peer-review process on pre-established, publicly-available evaluation criteria.
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