# Bendy Benches The Lucile Soufflet Soft Bench Design is an Upgrade Condusive to Relaxation By Corinne Guirgis | Published 2011-05-13 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lucile-soufflet-soft-bench References: [outdoorzgallery](http://www.outdoorzgallery.com/lucile_sb#) & [lucile.be](http://www.lucile.be/pages/softbench.html) The Lucile Soufflet soft bench is one-of-a-kind in design and relaxation! The layout of benches make [face-to-face interaction](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bench-for-two) awkward and usually require one person to readjust to an uncomfortable position in order to carry out a conversation. With the soft bench, this problem is no longer! While half of the bench offers a flat plane that is universal to all benches, the other half "suddenly undulates and bends to propose a [flexible and relaxed seating](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/calma-lounge) on half of its length." The bench proposes a new outlook on the traditional, and while the idea may require some adjustment, it is revolutionary in [urban furniture and seating](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/us-her-him) and will make any sunday in the park that much more relaxing! Whether it is reading, chatting, or sun-tanning on your lunch break, the Lucille Soufflet soft bench is every lounger's dream! Image Sources: [Batiactu](http://batiactu.com) ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.4/10 - Popularity: 34% | Activity: 1% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Flexible Seating:** The Lucile Soufflet soft bench design introduces flexible seating options, revolutionizing urban furniture and creating opportunities for customized relaxation experiences. - **Enhanced Social Interaction:** With its unique design, the soft bench promotes face-to-face interaction, offering a disruptive innovation opportunity to improve communication and create more comfortable meeting spaces. - **Revolutionary Urban Furniture:** The design of the Lucile Soufflet soft bench presents a new outlook on traditional urban furniture, providing a disruptive innovation opportunity to create more comfortable and inviting public spaces. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Furniture:** The Lucile Soufflet soft bench design brings innovation to the furniture industry by introducing flexible seating options and enhancing social interaction. - **Urban Planning:** The soft bench's revolutionary design opens up possibilities for improved urban planning, creating more inviting and comfortable public spaces that encourage social interaction and relaxation. - **Hospitality:** The unique design of the Lucile Soufflet soft bench presents an opportunity for the hospitality industry to create more comfortable and customized seating areas in hotels, lounges, and outdoor spaces. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Contemporary Customization Benches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modular-benches.md) - [Curvaceous Sculptural Benches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/strate-bench.md) - [Adaptive Public Seating](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/adp-bench.md) - [Inclusive Modular Cityscape Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/urban-bench.md) - [Dual Sculpture Seating Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/immaterial-0001.md) - [Sleek Public Seating Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/leftover-bench.md) - [Sculptural Seating Carpets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rondin.md) - [Elegantly Airy Outdoor Benches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/arch-bench.md) - [Muscle Loss-Combating Playground Benches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/playground-bench.md)