Posts Tagged ‘Furniture’
YOY Design Studio has come up with a concept for two-dimensional furniture, called he Hanging Canvas Furniture. Canvas is a series of two-dimensional furniture pieces that can be displayed on the wall as works of art and, unexpectedly, can also be sat on like real furniture. Each piece is made from wood and aluminum and
German designer, Gisbert Baarmann, call his chair a hyperbolic parabola. For the rest of us, this reminds us of a potato chip. The Shallow Swing is both a fun rocking platform and a functional piece of furniture that has quite a few uses. It can serve as a sitting platform for a small picnic. When you’re tired,
Developed by Croatian furniture maker, Kvadra, this piece of furniture has been designed for restricted spaces, where a sofa also needs to function as a bed. To convert it into a bed, the backrest turns 180 degrees to create a completely covered flat surface. The foam-filling material is homogenous throughout the sofa, allowing the user
Designer Naho Matsuno has created a space-saving furniture system: a 6-piece stool set that can be arranged into a cube. Made from birch plywood and maple, these stools form a cube of 350 x 350 x 350mm when slotted together. A three-piece version has also been made, with each stool having two surfaces. These pieces
Designer Benjamin Hubert has created a chair with the specific purpose of enabling personal space in public areas. The chair is designed to be highly ergonomic so that the user can feel comfortable and relaxed. The curved back and use of PET felt as the shell material helps block out sound and visual distractions from
This stacking cabinet called “TREE” by Chigo is a nice piece of modular furniture. It is great for kids – as they grow, so do their drawers. Start with one cabinet: As you grow and accumulate more and bigger things, just add another cabinet: When you finally become an adult, you can get the third cabinet (congrats!)
I had the pleasure of having a nice chat with furniture designer So Takahashi during New York Design Week. I learned that Mr. Takahashi started as a graphics designer first, but always had a passion for sculpting and forms. This passion eventually led to his first major work in furniture, the Origami Chair. The Origami