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This is a part of a bench. The designer Sebastian Herkner used strings made of plastic for this bench. They are clotheslines in the colours green and pink.

The bench belongs to the collection called Sala. A collection is a group of furniture that belongs together. Sala is furniture for the outdoors: different armchairs and tables.

Sebastian Herkner developed Sala with the company Ames in Colombia. Colombia is a country in South America. The bench has the name: Caribe. Caribe means Caribbean. This is a region in Central America.

The furniture pieces have a frame made of steel rods. The frame is covered with a weave of plastic strings. This was first done in Colombia. The colours are also the way the people in Colombia like them.

That is typical for the designer Sebastian Herkner: In his designs, he likes to use a material of a particular country. He looks at how people used to make things. He combines this with a modern design. With his designs, he also criticizes the throwaway society and mass production.

The plastic strings are not old clotheslines. Sebastian Herkner uses only new plastic strings for his furniture. He uses them in a different way than usual, because they are strong and stretchy.