Ian Spencer and industrial designer Cairn Young together form the Yard Sale Project, through which they produce one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture that combine computer-aided design and time-tested construction techniques. The Corsican series challenges the traditional view of what a bench should look like: it is asymmetrical and comprised of many types of hardwood, giving the surface a crisp patchwork quality with both light and dark colors.
The bench is made from an astonishing array of twenty-six hardwood including:
Ash (UK), Beech (UK), Spalted Beech (UK), Cherry (US & UK), Cocobolo (South America), Zebrano, Sonokeling, Indian Rosewood, Purple Heart, Yew, Oak, Blue Oak, Black Bog Oak (5000 years old), Laburnum, Birds Eye Maple, Sycamore, Yellow Box, Pau Rosa, Wenge, She Oak, Padauk, Bubinga, Sapele, Mahogany, Pear
