The Elastico Bookcase by Arianna Vivenzio, reminds me of the rubber band pegboards I played with as a kid. You know the ones I’m talking about, nails in a piece of wood and a set of rubber bands. You can then make almost any geometric shape possible until the rubber band snaps.
The ‘Elastico’ follows the [...]
Elastico Bookcase
Fractal Furniture by Takeshi Miyakawa
That’s fractal 23, a chest of drawers by Japanese furniture designer Takeshi Miyakawa. I’m guessing from the name that it has 23 drawers (indeed, if you count them, it makes sense) but to make use of them all, you’d have to put it in the center of the room!
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Beautifully dangerous stairs
Jordi Vayreda of Spanish design studio Jordivayreda Projectteam created this floating staircase for a client’s home that somewhat resemble the floating glass stairs in the Apple Store.
Okay, so I wouldn’t want to have to walk on those on a daily basis, but they look soooo hot! Of course, once you’re in a wheel chair and [...]
Waste Paper Furniture
Designer Jens Praet makes furniture from shredded paper. He compressed it with resin into a mold, and out comes a new piece of furniture. I’m not sure how eco-friendly that resin is, or how much paper it uses (I’m guessing a lot, which keeps it out of a landfill), but the material technique sure is [...]
Poggenpohl Dining Table Hybrid
A unique multi-functional dining table from Poggenpohl.
It works for you as a kitchen table, cooking top, oven and also a refrigerator. This multi-functional futuristic table also serves as a dining desk. The desk opens up to a steel plate, and a table to cut what you want to in the kitchen. It also comes [...]
I want my real cups to look like plastic cups!
The Fast Cup by Maxim Velokovsky is a drinking glass based on the generic disposable dixie cup, but taken to a very different place. Working in borrosillicate glass, Czech craftsmen hand form each one, working them on a lathe so each one is very slightly different.
It’s perfect for anyone fresh out of college, looking to [...]
