‘Pay-As-You-Sit’ Park Bench


Designer and photographer Fabian Brunsing has created a unique (although unfriendly) park bench that monetizes its sitting usage.

The seat is riddled with painful-looking spikes that only go away when park-goers deposit coins (about 70 cents) into its slot.  The array of spikes then retract into small holes, rendering it a safe area to sit, albeit temporarily. The bench sounds a loud buzzer shortly before warning sitters that the allotted time is running out, and spikes will soon resurface.

Ouch.

Check out the video below.

Read the original blog post here on PSFK.

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