Craft Innovation
BENTU “#” Stool and Side Table in Recycled Plastic
A 5kg flat-pack stool and side table made from recycled municipal plastic waste, with a Ø340mm circular top…
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BENTU
An independent Chinese design brand that turns material research, recovered waste and direct construction into contemporary furniture, lighting and objects.
Identity record
- Entity
- BENTU DESIGN (public-facing brand name)
- Origin
- China · founded 2011
- Access
- BENTU lists direct enquiries and third-party purchase channels; product production, configuration and destination availability require confirmation.
Representative products
Objects that define the range.
Craft Innovation
BENTU RU Concrete Pendant Lamp
A 1.2kg pendant lamp that opens a slender recycled-concrete body into an asymmetric shade around a 3W E14…
View product →Brand at a glance
BENTU describes itself as an independent design brand founded in 2011. It works across product research, design, manufacturing and communication, with a catalogue that includes lighting, furniture, wall objects and accessories. The unifying idea is material rather than category: concrete, construction debris, municipal plastic waste and other overlooked matter are treated as starting points for design.
Why BENTU matters
BENTU makes the material history of an object visible. Recycled fragments, pores, colour variation and assembly joints are not disguised beneath a decorative skin. This gives familiar products—stools, side tables and lamps—a second role: they demonstrate what a local waste stream or manufacturing experiment can become.
Two representative directions
The “#” Recycled Plastic Stool & Side Table represents lightweight, colourful and flat-pack furniture made from municipal plastic waste. The RU Concrete Pendant Lamp represents the brand’s quieter lighting direction, using a slender concrete form and an asymmetric opening to reshape a low-power light source.
Design language
- Material evidence: flakes, pores and aggregate remain visible rather than imitating a uniform industrial surface.
- Direct construction: intersecting panels and legible openings show how the object stands, hangs or is assembled.
- Functional restraint: familiar typologies remain understandable even when the material is unconventional.
- Research through products: the finished object records a wider investigation into waste recovery, fabrication and local production.
Why these products
The pair avoids repeating one product type. “#” introduces BENTU through furniture, colour and disassembly; RU introduces lighting, concrete and controlled asymmetry. Together they explain the brand more clearly than a larger group of visually similar stools. They are representative editorial selections, not a ranking of BENTU’s full catalogue.
What is verified
The 2011 founding date, stated product scope and the specifications of both selected objects were checked against BENTU’s current first-party pages on 6 August 2026. Dimensions, weights, materials and RU electrical data remain manufacturer information. Current production, finish, compliance for a destination and purchase route should be confirmed with BENTU.
Editorial scope
This independent profile is based on cited public studio information. ChinoMuse has not visited BENTU, interviewed its team, handled the selected objects or verified its general certification statement product by product. Inclusion does not imply a partnership, sponsorship or endorsement.
