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Parque Bench by Neil GranthamUnlike most big cities, Johannesburg has no ocean or major rivers to define it. Yet Neil Grantham’s Parque Bench, made of Zimbabwean teak or other wood, evokes both a small hull and a boardwalk in the best possible ways. Depending on the angle of approach, the curves may not be plainly visible at first. The bench’s three frames are based on the segmental arch, Grantham says. “As the pressure is applied to the top, it deflects that stress down to the bottom,” he says. “The idea was that the slats seem to float in the end.”