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Street furniture is so much part of our landscape that we no longer notice it. We use it day in and day out; we sit on benches with our friends, throw our rubbish into unimpressive bins and walk in the light given by the unassuming street lamps. We leave our bikes in simple bicycle racks and think nothing of it. Landscape designers often try to hide those pieces of architecture, to put it out of the way, behind the plants, in the shade, treating them like the house furniture’s ugly sisters. Looking at the article’s title you probably think:  “what can be exciting about a bench, bike rack or rubbish bin?” If so, you cannot be more wrong! Here are the top ten most  inventive, quirky, crazy and inspirational designs of the street furniture! 10.   Koru Rack Koru Bicycle rack looks like a giant fern’s fronds coming up from the ground. The curly “fronds” are covered in plastic coating in various shades of green. Their varying height   makes the rack...