Palissade Dining Bench Armrest

The Palissade Dining Bench with Armrest, meticulously engineered by the world-renowned French design duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for HAY, is a masterful exercise in symmetrical geometry, visual transparency, and outdoor durability. Measuring an elegant W128 x D70 x H80 cm with a comfortable 45 cm seat height, the bench's architectural blueprint masterfully balances structural mass and weightlessness by utilizing a hybrid layout of heavy-duty materials. Its robust framework is forged from standard round steel tubing, which fluidly loops up to create seamless, low-profile armrests and structural legs before supporting a sequence of long, rectangular, machine-curved steel slats that compose the seat and backrest. This graphic, slatted design language serves a vital dual-purpose: it yields an ergonomically sophisticated contour that naturally molds to the body for superior comfort without requiring bulky upholstery, while simultaneously offering high-utility outdoor resilience by allowing wind, rain, and pooling water to effortlessly circulate and drain. Intended to sit homogeneously in both dense urban courtyards and organic natural landscapes, the entire 20 kg frame is armored with a protective outdoor primer and an ultra-resistant epoxy powder coating—or alternatively executed in a raw, hot-galvanized zinc dipped finish. This meticulous construction process ensures that its minimalist lines—whether rendered in Olive, Anthracite, Sky Grey, Iron Red, or Cream White—withstand high-traffic, commercial hospitality demands while gracefully intensifying in aesthetic beauty over time.