Danish designer Thomas Bentzen has created a dining table and bench series for Muuto, with the same design details as the picnic-bench-inspired furniture he created for the brand's outdoor range.
Launching in Milan this week, the Linear Wood Series looks almost exactly like the outdoor table and bench that the Danish brand launched earlier this year. But instead of being made from folded steel, it is crafted from oak.
The design taps into the ever-growing trend for furniture that unites indoor and outdoor spaces, as homes are increasingly designed to open out onto their gardens.
The Linear Wood Series has the same design details as the Linear Steel outdoor furniture
"We find that the lines between indoor and outdoor furniture are becoming more and more intermeshed," explained Muuto design director Christian Grosen. "We actually began work simultaneously on both the Linear Steel Series for outdoor and the Linear Wood Series for indoor once we realised that the understated details, simple expression and refined materiality could be translated into both contexts," he told Dezeen.
"We believe that the typology of the design is relevant for many different environments."
The furniture is made from oak
The range consists of a slender table, available in two sizes, and matching benches.
The table comes with a simple veneered oak surface, while the benches look more like traditional picnic seats, with surfaces made from two lengths of wood with a nar...