Mar 24
For the short, or those with tall apartments, some steps are an essential household item. But why buy a stepladder when you can hide one in plain sight, as this wonderful looking chair?
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Jan 13
Ooh Monday, why you gotta be such a drain? Everything just seems more difficult at the start of the week. Somehow, designer Hui Chun Chen’s Constructing Memory collection manages to embody that feeling in furniture that takes extra effort to put—and keep—together.
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Jan 06
Tadao Ando is like the concrete-whisperer: the Japanese architect has an unmatched talent for manipulating the everyday material to do pretty magical things. Dream Chair is one of his latest projects—a collaboration with Danish manufacturer Carl Hansen & Son—that switches up his usual scale and medium. The result is a seat that seems too precarious to be true, thanks to some seriously clever engineering.
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Dec 29
Screens and curtains are alright, but sometimes you want a real wall. Solid, substantial and offering some privacy. And if bricks and cement blocks are too boring, you can always turn to repurposed household items. Right?
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Nov 21
Dinner! Time to tuck into a delicious side-dish of artichokes while sitting comfortably on a chair… made of artichokes?
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Nov 15
You’re not about to create the Iron Throne from the swords of your defeated enemies so why not play it a little safer by making one with a plastic garden chair and a can of spray paint? Seriously, this garden chair throne is almost as good as the one in Game of Thrones.
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Nov 07
If you demand that your furniture is both reassuringly substantial and also portable, then you probably have a tough time navigating life. But here’s something to help: a real chair that can be worn as a backpack.
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Oct 15
Oxford’s Bodleian library—aka the Bod—is one of England’s largest libraries, a 414-year-old research hub steeped in tradition and history. For example, only three types of chair have ever been designed for use inside its walls. Until now, that is: According to Co.Design, the library has chosen a fourth design to replace its older models.
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Sep 24
To combat piracy, giant screen TVs, surround sound setups, and a wealth of streaming movies available at home, movie theaters have been pulling out all the stops to entice people back to the cinema. 3D failed miserably, but vibrating seats have gained some traction. Unfortunately for theaters, Tremor FX has now created a home version of their force feedback seats, giving people yet another reason to skip going out.
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Sep 24
When living in a small apartment there are compromises you learn to live with for the cheaper rent—mainly the lack of space. But SplinterWorks, the same folks responsible for that stunning carbon fiber hammock tub
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