Reviving an Enduring Emblem of Simplicity, Loll Designs Launches the Here and There Collection
Design Milk | 11.11.2026 17:00
The best designs almost always come out of necessity and quiet observation. In the 1940s, legendary ecologist Aldo Leopold constructed a remarkably straightforward wooden bench so that he could sit outside his Wisconsin farmstead and contemplate nature’s primal force; the fundamental need for its conservation. The back-slanted seat was constructed from readily available dimensional lumber and almost immediately presented itself as an act of unpretentious, serendipitous genius: the quick assembly of a functional furnishing devised for a specific need but ultimately, one with universal potential. The particular brilliance of the design was its x-shaped self-bracing geometry, zero waste configuration, and uncomplicated assembly.
