Tasked with creating a new product collection for Escofet, MVRDV began their design process by thinking on the scale of an urban space. Rather than a simple product such as a standalone bench that could be plugged into a plaza or streetscape design, they began to imagine how more archetypical shapes could be utilized to playfully reimagine the urban landscape – envisioning a space that would invite people to interact and creatively occupy their cities in a way that suits their needs.

All three elements are designed to the same width and height, allowing them to be placed back-to-back to form a continuous surface – a “barcode” – that can expand in infinite variations to reimagine an urban space. Elements can also be placed side-by-side to create double-width barcodes or wider, combined in two-by-two islands, or any creative configuration that an urban designer can imagine.