Design In brief South Africa

Social-distancing art benches donated to Johannesburg Botanical Gardens

Eight public benches which were the focus of an artistic experiment in social distancing have been donated to the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens by Stella Artois. The benches inspired people to be together, yet apart creating talkability around an issue that remains important to all South Africans as we're besieged by a second wave of covid-19. The short film here documents the success of this phenomenal idea to maintain social distancing.

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