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Your Next Dining Room Table Could Be Made From Your Old Refrigerator

5:00PM February 8, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

The huge, incredible DIY Maker Bot is almost as impressive as the beautiful furniture it assembles from the melted-down refuge of discarded kitchen appliances. You have to watch this for yourself. More »


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Bedside iPhone Speaker Dock Completely Replaces Your Nightstand

12:30AM February 2, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Here’s an interesting solution to the problem of giant alarm clock docks that gobble up space on your nightstand. JVC’s new N-BX3 is a 20kg behemoth that replaces your bedside table altogether, with a flat glass top for holding things. More »


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Turn Your E-Waste Into Furniture And Hide It In Plain Sight

1:00AM January 30, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

There are lots of recycling programs that will happily salvage the raw materials from your outdated electronics. But if you still can’t let your old 386 go, maybe Rodrigo Alonso has another solution for you — turn it into gaudy furniture. More »


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No Risk Of Popping This Inflatable Steel Furniture

4:00AM January 29, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

You don’t expect the inflatable couch you bought for your lounge room to last longer than a month. But Oskar Zieta’s inflatable furniture will. It’s actually made of steel you inflate yourself, making it impervious to thumbtacks and other abuse. More »


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The Hunt For The Perfect Reading Chair

11:00PM January 25, 2012 | Adrian Covert

I need to sit up when I read. A bed or a couch makes me promptly fall asleep. A straight-backed chair proves uncomfortable for extended reading sessions. Thus I’ve been on a never-ending quest for the perfect reading chair. When I first laid eyes on Claesson Koivisto Rune’s Isola chair, I immediately thought it might be The One. More »


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I Want To Work On This Vespa Workstation

2:00AM January 24, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

I want to work on this Vespa workstation made with half a 1968 Vespa half of the day. Then chill out the other half of the day on the chair made with the other half of the Vespa. A brilliant mashup. More »


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Watch This Earthquake-Proof Desk Shrug Off A 1000kg Block

3:30PM January 20, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

I don’t live in a high risk area for deadly tremors, but after watching this earthquake-proof table easily survive having a 1000kg block dropped on it, I think I still want one for my office — just in case. More »


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I Want Aston Martin’s Office Furniture More Than I Want Their Cars

10:30AM January 19, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

The Vantage and DB9 are beautiful examples of automotive craftsmanship, but I’ve never really lusted over Aston Martin’s creations until I discovered the car maker’s line of office furniture, including this desk, which looks like it’s doing 200km/h just sitting there. More »


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Artist Grows Otherworldly Furniture With Magnets

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1:30PM January 14, 2012 | Logan Booker

They’re called “Gravity Stools”, and far from being disgorged by a HP Lovecraft abomination after a night of beer and bad curries, these ferro-plastic oddities are the work of Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel. Curious? No problem — Jólan’s been kind enough to make a clip showing exactly how they’re made. More »


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A Hidden Pool Table For The Modern Bachelor

10:40AM January 5, 2012 | Casey Chan

There are few things that scream bachelor pad more than a pool table. And even the skeeviest single guy knows you gotta eventually class it up. That’s why this pool table by Fusiontable is so perfect. It’s a modern dining table with a hidden, convertible pool table underneath. Business in the front, party in the back. More »