Initially Franco and Sierra were going to make the bench from red oak before deciding on American cherry. ‘We’d never worked with cherry before and it was a great opportunity to take advantage of that wood,’ says Sierra. ‘Also, we saw what our mentor, Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska, did with her table and chair in AHEC’s previous project at the London Design Museum, Connected. That was made from cherry and it was really beautiful. We loved the grain and the texture.’