Kotobuki 
‘The Lookout Bench’


Linking Tokyo and PDX streets
We had great fun collaborating with Kotobuki, a public furniture manufacturer from Tokyo.

Initially we hosted their design team in Portland for a week of creative workshopping and inspiration. The result was a bench project that celebrates Portland & Tokyo’s cycle culture. The ‘Look-Out’ bench was installed on the waterfront cycle path in 2019, and can now be found in Wakayama Prefecture in Japan.

Creative Workshop
Feature Definition
Modeling Making
Product Visualization
Messaging
Industrial Design

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