Tuyomyo by Emeco with Gehry: A Collaboration in Support of Hereditary Disease Research

Emeco and renowned architect Frank Gehry have collaborated once again, this time in the development a one-of-a-kind large scale bench which will be presented during the Salone del Mobile in Milan, April 22 - 27 2009.

Named Tuyomyo, this is the second time Emeco and Gehry have cooperated on a project, the first being the creation of the all-aluminum Superlight chair launched at the Salone in 2004 and recently accepted into the Museum of Modern Art's permanent design collection.

The new bench will be auctioned in May, proceeds of which will fund the Leslie Gehry Brenner Award of the Hereditary Disease Foundation (HDF).

Frank Gehry's mandate was simple, "The form has to be free and light.

It must be structural, and at the same time poetic.

And a little dangerous."

Using 80% recycled aluminum components and aircraft manufacturing technology, as well as hand craftsmanship - this exclusive Tuyomyo bench further reinforces Gehry's intuitive design vision and Emeco's expertise in crafting aluminum.

Gehry developed ideas for the bench during the time he worked on the Superlight chair for Emeco in 2004.

What started as a sketching of ideas has become a conceptual project for the company and one that will raise funds and awareness for HDF.