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New York City Stoop Bench

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New York City Stoop Bench is a multifunctional piece of furniture that could be easily shifted between a bench and a stair. Just as shown in the pictures, it could flip over to change into a stair mode or double-bench mode, easy as that! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Multi-functional Furniture for Kids

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Your little boys want a changing table to showcase their Transformers, his cute girls ask for enough drawers for storing their skirts, while her naughty baby needs a crib… Yups, different people need different things, but the Multi-functional Furniture by Adensen Furniture is rightly something every parent has dreamed of. Especially designed for kids up to 10 years old, the smart furniture could be changed into a crib, a table, storage drawers, shelves, and a bigger bed, etc. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Twist Chair

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A seat, a backrest and even a simple writing desk, Miray Oktem’s “Twist Chair” is something that that would offer a comfortable and interesting seat especially for bookworms and PC users. It supports the user’s body in upper chest and forehead, allowing them to comfortably lean on the backrest for an easy reading or viewing through the hole. According to the designers, the seat would “extend towards the support to create a saddle like shape that transforms into a seat while sitting in a lower angle”. Its seat height, support height and forehead support height can be adjusted to fit different users. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Chair Street Posters

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There is an element of practicality in the “Chair Poster”, an innovative outdoor advertisement for KitKat. As you can see from the pictures, each part of the poster could be easily popped out and assembled into a chair for the passengers to sit on. And then, just as its slogan says, when you have a break, you may also want a KitKat… [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Compact Kitchen Cart

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Designed by Benjamin Wojtyna, Compact Kitchen Cart is quite ideal for small departments and other small living areas, where urgently needs small-sized furniture. Several containers are hidden inside and some hangers are built on its side to hold your utensils. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Piano Table

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In my humble opinion, the design seems like a terrible idea, resulting needless complexity since the piano may get wet if you carelessly pour water on the table… Of course, you won’t agree with me, if you’re just in the necessity to place a bulky piano inside your small department. So consider it for a second, the idea of the Piano Table seems quite valuable. So you like it? For $6000, you still like it? OMG! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Safo Sofa: A stylish Multifunctional Sofa

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Measuring 800 x 800 x 1600 mm, the ‘Safo Sofa’ from Baíta Design would surely be popular, on account of its multifunctional design. As shown in the pictures, the sofa also serves as a container, allowing you to store clothes, books and other items. The geometric shapes and simple lines make the sofa stylish enough for modern spaces. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Brain Cube

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Aimed at small apartments and other living areas where full-size furniture is not welcome, the Brain Cube is created by Svilen Gamolov as a clever alternative. It includes several chairs designed in various shapes, which can be stacked up into a huge cube when not in use, thus not taking up too much space. Also due to their particular forms, these chairs could also be used as tables when needed. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Cabinet by Dimitri Vangrunderbeek

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Collaborated with D&ALab, the Brussels-based artist Dimitri Vangrunderbeek has come up with the interesting cabinet, scattered with miniature people and their shadows. Cut out from thin sheets of steel, these little shapes were folded back to cast shadows on the top and the front of the cabinet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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‘Pavone’ Transformable Furniture

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Showcased at the Fifth Annual Competition SaloneSatellite WorldWide held in Moscow, the ‘Pavone’ furniture has attracted much attention, because of its smart and transformable design. Finished in a fabric and metal frame, the Pavone could easily switch between a table and an armchair via simple sliding, in order to meet the user’s different needs. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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‘Oblique’ Storage System

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Coming from Stockholm Furniture Fair 2010, the storage system created by Olof nordenson and Ulf milsson jevin features an adjustable design. Since each of the eight boxes can be placed in a different direction, the unique furniture could spice up both your offices and living rooms, “more than only a means of storage or parts of the room interior.” [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Multiple Chair

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Coming from Jie-Jyun Lyu, the Multiple Chair is aimed at small living areas where full-size furniture is not welcome. Used as a big dude for one single person, the chair’s seat actually could be divided into 8 small pieces when you have to entertain too many people. Its stainless frame could be used to hang your coats and scarves after the Voltron chair is apart. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Pumpkin Sofas

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Pumpkins used on Halloween’s day always make people, especially the kids feel frightened. But these pumpkins shown here obviously will change your attitude, as they look quite cute and colorful. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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FlexibleLove Virgin

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Incorporating an ‘accordion-like, honeycomb’ structure, the FlexibleLove Virgin by Chishen Chiu could accommodate a seating for 8 to 16 people at one time. The product line now consists of two different kinds of FlexibleLove, the Earth 8 and the Earth 16. Both of them are made of recycled materials like the recycled paper, recycled wood waste, etc. When given a simple pull at each end, the furniture could be easily transformed into a semicircular or a circular-shaped seating to hold as many as 16 people. But when folded up, it measures merely one tenths of that. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Multiple Chair

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The chair is well-known for its unique shape. Just as you can see from the pictures, seemingly that one single chair is producing five exact reproductions! But the five semi-transparent chairs are also designed for use, as they’re actually finished in a welded steel frame fused with a transparent seat and back. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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