If Jony Ive designed furniture, it would look like this

For the last decade or so, Apple has made some of the most beautifully designed devices on the planet. But because those devices are technology, not furniture or art, they have an incredibly short half-life in our home. Yet these are still classic designs that, in any other context, we might keep around for decades.

That’s why I like this bench built by Klaus Geiger.

Benchmarc turns two Power Mac G5 cases into a bench

Using two gutted Power Mac G5’s as legs for a wooden bench that organically fits right between the Mac’s handlebars, Benchmarc — yes, it’s actually called that — is a beautiful reminder that, with a little ingenuity, Apple’s designs never go obsolete, even if their technology does.

This is not the only project Geiger has put together using old G5 parts. He’s also put together some drawer units using the same idea, as well as an entire conceptual line of office furniture using Power Mac G5’s as a base.

Geiger doesn’t sell any of his creations, and my guess is he probably never will. But the bench, at least, is something anyone who can get a piece of wood custom-cut for them at Home Depot can put together for themselves.

Source: Klaus Geiger
Via: Gizmodo

John Brownlee

John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.