Best Table of the Year 2023

Category:	Furniture - Table Units
Location:	Houston, Texas, USA
Designer:	Lauren Rottet, Rottet Studio, Houston, Texas, USA
Manufacturer:	Rottet Collection, Houston, Texas, USA

The Walking Bench was originally created for the indoor/outdoor entry foyer at the Kips Bay Show House in Dallas, Texas. The impetus for the design was that the bench looks kinetic as if it has its own energy to physically walk on its own.

Typically, benches feel so static and lack personality; however, the angled legs and balanced composition of the Walking Bench give it life and character as if taking a “walk,” hence the name. It is offered in different lengths for different applications and settings (the longer the bench, the more legs and the more visual energy it exudes).

Lauren Rottet is a highly accomplished architect, interior designer, furniture designer and art curator with an extraordinary record of awards, publications, lectures, juries and honors. She is the Founding Principal of Rottet Studio, an international architecture and interior design firm, and is the only woman in history to be elevated to Fellow status by both the American Institute of Architects and International Interior Design Association.

Ms. Rottet’s furniture and product designs have earned her four gold medals for Best of NeoCon and a Chicago Athenaeum Award. Her new furniture company, Rottet Collection, was introduced in 2017 and was met with rave reviews garnering significant awards including an Interior Design Best of Year.

More works from the designer:
www.rottetstudio.com