Comments on: Democracy Benches

By: The People Have Spoken – The People Speak

The People Have Spoken – The People Speak — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:08:39 +0000

[...] are very pleased to announce that the winner of the hotly contested Democracy Bench design competition is the wonderful John Kennedy, with his design for ‘The [...]

By: Who Wants to… Returf the Streets? – The People Speak

Who Wants to… Returf the Streets? – The People Speak — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:08:22 +0000

[...] crumpet, an audience of 200 decided to spend their Â£2000 commissioning an artist to create a ‘Democracy Bench’ for a local London park. You can read about that [...]

By: Who Wants to Be? » Blog Archive » The People Have Spoken

Who Wants to Be? » Blog Archive » The People Have Spoken — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:47:00 +0000

[...] are very pleased to announce that the winner of the hotly contested Democracy Bench design competition is the wonderful John Kennedy, with his design for ‘The Thing’. The Thing – by John [...]

By: Who Wants to Be? » Blog Archive » Who Wants to Bench? (at the Unicorn Theatre)

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:32:53 +0000

[...] bench commission call for proposals went online, and soon gathered some fantastic responses. On the 5th April 2009, the winning bench was John Kennedy’s “The Thing“, which [...]

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:07:23 +0000

Thanks Saul.

I would really encourage people to look at the full proposals as some of the chosen example photos are not very representative of what the designers are actually putting forward.

Right i’m off to do some voting.

By: saul

saul — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:23:52 +0000

Hi Tyler,

You can vote for as many as you like – it’s a preferential vote, so the bench that gets the most votes wins!

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:26:21 +0000

Hello,

Wow there are some really cool ideas there. I have one question. Are we allowed to vote for more than one bench? Or is it one person, one vote?