Proto Bench by Plus Halle was designed by Nick Ross as a seating piece within his Proto series for Plus Halle — a collection in which material process, fabrication trace and production character are treated as design values rather than resolved away in pursuit of a conventional product finish. The Proto Bench applies this philosophy to a seating format: the bench surface and structural elements carry the marks of their making, giving the piece a tactile, material presence that distinguishes it from the smooth, anonymous finishes typical of contract-grade seating. The bench's form is considered and resolved — it functions as proper seating — but its surface and detail character reward close examination in a way that most commercial benches do not.

The Proto Bench is appropriate in the same interior contexts as the other Proto series pieces: design-conscious hotel lobbies and reception areas, cultural institution foyers and gallery spaces, creative studio and co-working social areas, boutique retail environments and residential entrance halls or living spaces where a bench of individual material character is the specification intent. The bench's visual relationship with the Proto coffee tables means it can be deployed as part of a coordinated Proto lounge environment — combining bench, lounge chair, coffee table and side table from a single designer's collection — or used as a standalone seating piece in mixed furniture contexts.

Architects and interior designers specifying the Proto Bench for hospitality, public and residential interior environments will find the DWG drawing and CAD block useful for furniture placement, clearance planning and spatial coordination. The 3D model supports BIM-accurate documentation across lounge and public-space project models. A distinctive and materially considered bench specification for any interior project where Nick Ross's Proto design language is part of the brief.

Available as a 2D DWG drawing and 3D model.