LUNAR cofounders Jeff Smith and Gerard Furbershaw sought to create a sculpturally oriented bench that provided social interaction opportunities for passersby in outdoor public places and museum and gallery exhibition spaces. People have an innate desire to engage, interact and play, yet there are a limited number of public spaces that enable this. Smith and Furbershaw looked to the playground seesaw for inspiration, as most people have experienced this form of interactive play as children.
They believed that leveraging the seesaw and enhancing it with a sophisticated design would lead to a compelling experience for people visiting outdoor public places and museum and gallery spaces. Although it is possible to engage in solo play, interacting with another person or persons is oftentimes more rewarding. With that in mind, they named the bench 2toTango after the phrase, "it takes two to tango."