Bloc’d Sofa Turns into Whatever Furniture You Need It To Be

Living spaces are getting smaller and smaller unless you can afford to pay the premium for a larger apartment. It makes sense to only have essential furniture at home, since they’re bulky and will give your flat a cramped feeling if you’ve got too much of them.

Cue the Bloc’d Sofa, which turns into a whole host of furniture options, depending on what you need at the moment.

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First and foremost, it’s a sofa with cube cushions. If you want a flatter sofa or a bed of sorts for a quick nap, then all you need to do is rearrange the cushions this way and that to form the final arrangement of your choice.

Bloc’d Sofa was designed by Scott Jones, who explains that his goal behind the piece was “to try to understand why we hold on to some objects, while we discard others.”

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Scott adds that Bloc’d started out as “a pile of discarded furniture I [Jones] walked past on an NYC sidewalk.” He is currently looking for a manufacturer for Bloc’d but is currently accepting individual orders on his site.

[via Gizmag]

You Won’t Notice Wookiee or Ewok Hair on This Chewbacca Sofa

Fans of the giant furballs known as Wookiees are going to love this Chewbacca Sofa. It comes from the design team at New York based Sentient. No Wookiees were actually harmed or made bald in the making of this hairy home decor.

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It’s not technically a Wookiee sofa, but we know that hair when we see it. The base is made from reclaimed American oak boards, and the thing is just covered in Wookiee hide. Okay, it is actually long wool Icelandic sheepskin, which is super soft and will keep you warm. Each sofa is made to order and it was designed by Nersi Nasseri.

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If I had this sofa, I would rig it so that a Wookiee roared every time someone sits down. Don’t let Chewie see this!

[via Hi Consumption]

Bulletproof Couch and Gun Safe is a Great Combo

So if you are sitting on your couch, watching The Walking Dead and then suddenly some real zombies burst through your window, you will be glad that you own this bulletproof couch with a built in gun safe. Just get up off your butt, open up the gun compartment and lock and load.

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Half the battle is being prepared. Once you’ve filled those zombies full of lead, you can sit back down and finish your show. This couch can store up to 30 rifles and the cushions can stop a .44 Magnum at point blank range. This awesome piece of furniture is now available in America.

The ‘CouchBunker‘ comes complete with bullet-proof cushions fitted with straps so they can be worn as armor when on the move. It’s a couch fit for a mobster or a SEAL team member. It’s Just $6,700(USD). Each cushion will cost you an additional $500 if you want them bulletproofed.

[via Daily Mail via Geekologie]

mpup Dog House Sofa Gives Pups a Couch of Their Very Own

While your cat might already have a sofa, dogs shouldn’t feel left out from your living room much longer. While you certainly can let your pooch up on the couch and sit on your lap or cushions, I’m sure some of you prefer to keep the dog hair away from where our guests sit. The Dog House Sofa helps alleviate this problem – assuming your dog isn’t too big.

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Created by Korea’s mpup, this dog-friendly oak wood and fabric couch provides a special cubby on the side for your dog to nap in. While it doesn’t prevent your dog from jumping on the main part of the couch, it does give them a place of their own to chill out – or go when they need a time-out.

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It also doesn’t hurt that it’s a good looking modern couch that should fit nicely into many decors.

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There’s no word on if you can get the Dog House Sofa shipped outside of Korea, but you can find more pics and information on the sofa over on the mpup website.

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Keyboard Sofa Bed: My Type of Furniture

How often do you end up falling asleep on your keyboard? Hopefully not very often. It’s pretty uncomfortable and can make your cheek look like a grid of squares. The folks at ZO-loft (which also happens to be the name of an antidepressant) designed this sofa bed to make the whole process a bit more comfortable.

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Besides, why rest your face on a keyboard when you can rest your whole body on one? This stylish piece of QWERTY furniture looks awesome and transforms from a sofa to a bed. It even has adjustable keys. All you need to do is pop up the D key, stretch out and relax.

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Too bad it doesn’t actually type out your sleeping patterns as you toss and turn, but it is still pretty amazing.

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[via Fubiz via Neatorama]

You Could Probably Spend Your Entire Life On Starck’s New Gadget-Friendly Sofa

Philippe Starck is known for designs that are as functional as they are beautiful. So it’s not surprising that when it came to designing a sofa, the results would include everything from privacy dividers, to accessible power outlets, to even a Powermat wireless induction charging pad. There’s probably a good reason it’s called the My World, because as long as your gear is charged, what else do you really need? More »

Cirrus Sofa Lets You Take a Walk (and Even Sleep) Among the Clouds

After seeing Aladdin whisk Jasmine off to the clouds and around the world on his magic carpet, I’ve always wondered what it would feel like to hold puffs of clouds in my hands. Not that you’d be able to really hold onto them, since they’re essentially just water vapor with particulate matter and dust, but anyway…

Designer Lubo Majer took things a little further with Cirrus, a cloud-themed set of furniture that lets you lay down not on a bed of roses, but on a bed of clouds.

CirrusIt might not look like it, but a lot of effort went into making sure the clouds stayed puffy and, well, cartoonishly cloud-like. The lounges are actually stuffed with flexible polyurethane foam and propped up with a rigid OSB frame and spring system to keep them looking like clouds. And in case you were wondering, that doesn’t sacrifice any comfort at all.

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You can check out the full collection of Cirrus furniture over at Dizajno.

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[via Yanko Design]

The Blanket Chair: Who Needs Snuggies?

There’s something awesome about comfortable chairs, in which you can spend hours reading, working or simply chilling. This concept chair integrates a blanket into an all-in-one comfy package, allowing you to take advantage of its cuddliness.

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The Autumn/Winter Chair was created by Polish fashion designer Aga Brzostek. The cover of this chair is like a big jumper, which is one of the reasons why it has sweater-like functions. It’s perfect to use as a cozy place during chilly winter nights. Hard foam was used for the structure of the chair. The seat and backrest were covered in softer foam for even more comfort.The cover is made from reclaimed wool to help keep you warm and toasty.

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The cover is adjustable and removable, allowing users to change the look of the chair to their own preferences. It’s even got a handy pocket for holding magazines or books.

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While this is still just a one-off concept piece, I suppose you could always ask your grandma to knit a similar cover for your favorite chair, but that could be quite the undertaking.

[via dezeen]

Canapé Cactus Couch & Ottoman: Is It Getting Prickly in Here?

While they might have different upholstery, most sofas and couches look pretty similar. From time to time, though, you come across something very different. This cactus couch is definitely unusual, because cacti usually don’t make good sitting places.

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The Canapé Cactus Couch was part of the Isn’t It Romantic exhibition at MAKK in Köln, Germany. The Paris-based Italian designer Maurizio Galante made up a variety of prickly-printed sofas, couches, and ottomans. But rather than using actual cacti, these succulents are printed on “bio-elastic” fabric.

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The exhibition runs until April 21, 2013. If he ever ends up selling them, I’m betting they’d be much more comfortable than actual cacti.

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[via designboom]

Removable Armrest Lapdesks Make This Sofa the Ideal Home Office [Furniture]

On those rare occasions you get to work from home you know you should stay perched at a desk for reasons of posture and productivity. But the allure of your living room sofa is just too strong, particularly Kibuc’s Connect sofa which seems specifically designed as the most comfortable office you’ll ever find. More »