Covent Garden invited me to create 8 benches on a theme of my choice for their outdoor Piazzas. The benches support their line-up of food festivals, drink pop-ups and family friendly activities this spring and summer. My benches form a series which I named 'Blissful Benches' which invites the nation to celebrate blissful moments. 

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Each bench is individually named with its own sensation of ‘bliss’. One celebrates ‘Joy’, another ‘Laughter’ and I named a third one ‘Celebration’. Each bench captures one blissful sensation through colour and pattern. ‘Togetherness’, ‘Community’, ‘Calm’, ‘Love’ and ‘Euphoria’ complete the family.

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It's fantastic to see the Piazza lit up with colour. Colour and pattern can bring a fresh wave of joy and spark new energy that ripples throughout whole communities. Together, they have the ability to make positive change in people’s lives, which is incredibly powerful. 

 

I hope a few moments at one of my benches will encourage visitors to share and celebrate their own joyful moments together.

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Each bench carries a ‘QR’ code, which people can scan to learn more about the different designs and how colour and pattern impact on their everyday lives.