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Someone Finally Designed A Folding Chair That’s Easy To Store

They’re light, they’re cheap, they’re marginally comfortable, but ironically, folding chairs are rarely easy to stack and store. They’re supposed to be, but their random curves and bulges make it a task that’s frankly just not worth it — especially knowing that Folditure’s ultra-flat hanging Tilt chairs are about to hit the market.

16 May 2013

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This Low-Tech Office Furniture Doubles As A Gym

We lead such sedentary lives, parked all day at a desk. But what if your desk furniture could double as workout equipment?

15 May 2013

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The Construction Lamp: An Oil Derrick Look, Inspired By Tinker Toys

The Construction Lamp looks like oil derricks you see dotting the landscape in parts of Texas. Their industrial aesthetic is the result of the designer Joost van Bleiswijk playing with the nuts, bolts, and tools in his workshop as though he was still a kid.

10 May 2013

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Dieter Rams Reissues His Rare (But Classic) Modular Chair

We have Jony Ive to thank for launching Dieter Rams to upper stratosphere of design history, so most of us are more familiar with his electronics than his furniture. But today, Rams introduced a reengineered version of a lesser known masterpiece: the modular 620 Chair Program.

8 May 2013

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30-Person Inflatable Lounge: One Toothpick And The Party’s Over

Are you in need of a lot of extra seating for an upcoming shindig and a way to safely get 30 guests to shore after an emergency shipwreck? Look no further than the Beach7 AirLounge XL which provides comfortable seating for up to 30 people — possibly more if comfort isn’t an issue — in a package that deflates and folds away for easy storage.

7 May 2013

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One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Salmon Leather Chair

Salmon leather is a dyeable textile made from the skin of — you guessed it — salmon. It’s usually discarded, but designer Javier Ramirez slapped it on an angular frame of Lenga wood to make the 2R armchair.

3 May 2013

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An Incredibly Tiny Sofa Bed For Your Skinniest Houseguests

If you need a place for guests to sleep but don’t even have room in your tiny apartment for an air mattress, you’ll love what designer Jesper Ståhl has cooked up for Swedish brand Ire Mobel. By day the Collar is a compact arm chair with a high-back cushioned corner and a pop-out desk for getting work done in comfort. But at night it folds out into a full-length bed for a single sleeper who’s not afraid of rolling off the edge.

29 April 2013

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Whoa, You Can Actually Sit In This Painting

My, that painting of that chair looks great. Very regal, very detailed and even very comfortable. How comfortable? So comfortable that you can actually sit inside the painting. Though it looks like any ordinary painting, the artwork is actually a piece of furniture.

23 April 2013

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A Prison Cell Designed By The Inmates Who Live In Them

If necessity is the mother of invention, prison cells must be veritable hotbeds of creativity — and not just for making wine in toilets or tattoo guns from Bic pens and guitar strings. According to three Italian designers who have been holding design workshops with prisoners since 2003, the incarcerated are brilliant lifehacks. And we can learn from them.

22 April 2013

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Store Your DSLR In This Camera Lens Stool So Your Most Expensive Possessions Can Hang Out

We have to get over it right up front. This stool costs about $US780, which is stupid a lot. But now that it’s out in the open we can move on and admire how cool it is, right? Riiight?

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