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These Beds, Not Bad.

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“What will your ideal bed be like?” Whenever asking ourselves that question, most people may think of two words: large and soft. However I would care little about the bed’s size or structure, if they’re as unique and fantastic as these beds shown here. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Bird Nest Bed

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Even though it may be quite difficult to fly like a bird, it is really simple to live like a bird: get the Bird Nest Bed and jump into it! We bet every kid and adult will love the bed! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Chinese Chess Bookshelf

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The Chess Bookshelf is in the Chinese traditional style, featuring magnets to hold the chess pieces as unique decorations. These chess pieces could move too, just as normal Chinese Chess does, can therefore to create various visual display of the bookshelf whenever you rearrange them. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Traffic Jam Cloth Hanger

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Serbian designer Vukašin Vukobratović takes street signs indoors and changes them into a unique cloth rack dubbed “Traffic Jam”. It not only has hooks for your clothes, but indicates your room arrangement for guests to find the bathrooms and kitchens conveniently. Isn’t that funny? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Sofa XXXX

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Looking for something to surprise all your friends and guests? Sofa XXXX is rightly the thing you’ll need. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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iCon Bed

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Ever needed a bed that can offer you beautiful music? Have a look at the iCon Bed then. It is announced to be “the world’s first bed designed to work with Apple’s iPad”. The bed comes with four fully enclosed speakers, a powerful amplifier and a dock station for two iPads. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Affinity Chair

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“What you want to sit on is nothing–like you’re supported by air”, sticking to that concept, Ben Alun-jones comes up with the Affinity Chair that features invisibility. The chair is not really invisible, but reflects its surroundings with the help of plastic acrylic sheets in conjunction with one-way mirror film. It is also built with ultrasonic sensors activate pulsing LEDs, which acts faster as the visitors come nearer while stops glowing when someone sits onto it. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Rubber Table

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Don’t realize how ordinary your table is because you never have a better alternative? Then have a look at the Rubber Table designed by Thomas Schnur. The unique table has a suction cup on each of its five legs, and therefore it can stand in any places-the flat ground, an inclined surface, or even the ceilings. Of course a table is usually not expected to stand on a ceiling, but it is welcomed too if it has that ability. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Accordion Shelf

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Well, the Accordion Shelf designed by Eisa Srozyk just makes me think of the Fruit Memo Pads ever introduced here. Similarly, the new shelf can freely close and open, but more importantly gives your room a refreshing look. So cool. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Coffee Cup Chair

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I love coffee. And I would love to enjoy a warm afternoon with coffee and this Coffee Cup Chair. It has a cute shape, which makes the chair especially perfect for coffee bars. Just imagine how fantastic it will be to live in a world with sweet coffee and anything that is relative to coffee… At least it’s a world I’ve dreamed of. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Interesting Public Seat

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An Israel-based designer wishes to add more fun to our daily life and brings about these interesting public seats that are built in a unique way: some look like spiral staircases, circling around the street light poles; some become part of walls, seemingly Suspending in the air. But no matter which of them you choose, you’ll have a different view of the city you live in. That sounds really appealing. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Octopus Chair

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Maximo Riera has cleverly combined animals with furniture, and the Octopus Chair is just the first piece of the Animal Chair collection. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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A Changing Wooden Chair

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Unlike common wooden furniture that features a solid design, the Restless Legs by Carolien Laro will change its shape when you sit onto it. Even though seems rather simple on the pictures, the chair actually costs the designer hundreds of hours. Really a tough work. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Inculta Bench Keeps Dry All The Time.

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Rain water never bothers the users of the Inculta Bench, because they can easily make the bench dry and clean again with the squeegee on the other side. So simply pull the squeegee, wipe the water and you can enjoy a comfortable rest. Easy as that! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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“Balloon + Bomb” Coat Racks

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In 1945 the first atom bomb was set off over Hiroshima and 65years later the first coat rack made to memorize the atomic bombings of Hiroshima becomes quite popular on the internet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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VW Beetle Sofa

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The VW Beetle Sofa is a new piece of furniture that comes with a cute look as that of the classic Volkswagen Beetle cars. Especially ideal for Beetle fans, these lovely sofas will definitely give your room a new look and even realize your wishful dreams of having a VW Beetle exhibited in the apartment! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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FLOAT Table

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RockPaperRobot’s FLOAT was brought to our notice due to its changing shapes. Constructed from 64 magnetically levitating cubes, the FLOAT would change its sizes and shapes when you put some items onto it, but retains equilibrium in common conditions with the help of a system of tensile steel cables. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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GymyGym Fitness Chair

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Not all chairs can serve as a fitness apparatus, but we could at least turn to the GymyGym to see a case in which the chair plays a utilitarian role. It uses a patented flat-bungee seating system, offering four exercise stations to relax or strengthen all your major muscles. So with one such chair, you can always enjoy a fitness time even throughout your work days. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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BendDesk, A Desk For The Future

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What would tables be like in the next few years? Recently the Media Computing Group from Germany offered a possible answer with their BendDesk. It is a clever combination of common tables and computers, featuring a vertical display and a horizontal larger one. Frequently used devices like mouse, keyboard, paper-based documents and others are all built within the two areas, which promise an effective interaction with the users based on multi-touch technology. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Balanced Shelf

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Balanced Shelf from Christian Kim is a shelf unit that can move to form different shapes. According to your different needs you can arrange them in a horizontal row or set them on the diagonal. But whatever you choose, the new shelf would always achieve equilibrium within the furniture itself and in the room “through an imbalance of the shelf”. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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The Dressed Up Furniture

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Kamkam was seen someday with many fasten buttons and leather buckles lying on the tables, however they were not made for clothes but for a series of furniture themed of “Dressed-up Furniture”. Look, the stools, wardrobes and benches now all have a new look and they seem really perfect for kids and girls. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Recycled Refrigerator + Couch = Fridgecouch

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A luxurious but cheap couch does not always exist in IKEA, sometimes it may rightly stand in your apartment. When looking for something creative for a close friend’s wedding, Adrian Johnson came up with an idea to build a couch with a discarded refrigerator and a vintage BMW two-door coupe. And the finished item looks fine in both appearance and functions, just as shown in the pictures. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Looks Like Your Back, Neatly Holds Your Book

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Apparently the new bookcase from designer Pietro Travaglini seems not that unique or attractive on the first sight, but when you step backwards with each modular having a new position, and then you’ll find the Schiena Bookcase makes your books look really wonderful. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Lost In Sofa Chair

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Who would ever know what you’ll find between or underneath the sofa cushions? A coin, a remote controller or a book you’ve been looking for? Or maybe more than those, if you’re with the Lost In Sofa chair designed by Daisuke Motogi Architecture. Featuring small cubes to form the seat, the new furniture can hold almost everything you insert into it so that you can conveniently reach for a book, a pen or even a cup of coffee during the leisure time. Fantastic! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Rhapsody Children’s Beds

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Almost no words are needed, and just look at the pictures you’ll know clearly what the Rhapsody Children’s Beds can offer: a comfortable bed for resting, a slider for entertainment, cute toys and delicate decorations… All those have built a fantastic dream world for your kids! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Zip Bed

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For those who have kept seeking for an easiest way to have their table tidy up, we once introduced the Easy-packing Table, and now to help you make the beds more conveniently, we’d like to show you the Zip Bed. It is a new piece from the Italian company Florida Furniture and features a zipper running around the frame for you to unzip to reveal a cozy bed or zip up to hide crumpled sheets. Yeah, housewives can then have an extra opportunity to rest. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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AAKKOSET Bookshelf

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It is always difficult for you to find out the needed books among various ones on the shelf? Then try the AAKKOSET Bookcase designed by Kayiwa. It comes with a series of shelves that are shaped like alphabet A, B, C and others so as to guide you to the books quickly. If you don’t have that much books to exhibit, you can also use AAKKOSET as a room divider and it performs just as good as other decorative dividers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Equilibrium Bookshelf

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The bookshelf here, the Equilibrium is designed to surprise your guests with a unique shape seeking for briefness, contrast and exaggeration as well. Though seems to defy the gravity, the Equilibrium Bookcase is in reality quite solid and it can sustain over 50 kilograms at one time. So it is really a nice alternative for your stylish living room. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Running Chairs

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The Muybridge Chairs must have played the same trick as that of the Fade-Out Chair, using transparent material to make the real chair legs while letting you see other legs that are seemingly moving. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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iPad-equipped Salsa Table

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Designed for Vanerum, an educational design consultancy, Bram Boo’s Salsa is a creative table set embedded with four iPad interactive systems that allow the users to share information and ideas when sit separately. Therefore you can just communicate via the screens if you do not want a talk in the public places. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Curv Transformable Furniture

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What would you want to have if your apartment can accommodate merely one piece of furniture? You’ll need something stylish, multifunctional and also environmentally friendly at the same time, right? Then what you’re looking for is rightly the Curv. Getting an inspiration from the 1960’s era, the furniture set features a simple shape but can be used in many different ways: a set of table and a chair, a dinning table, a workstation and also a relaxing cocoon. So whatever you may need, change the furniture and done. Easy as that! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Quilt-wrapped Cocon Armchair

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Honestly nothing could pull me out of my warm blankets whenever the winter comes. But in the approaching winter, I would have one more choice and it is the Quilt-wrapped Cocon Armchair created by Celine Merhand and Anaïs Morel. Wrapped with an ultra soft quilt, the Cocon looks quite attractive on the pictures and we bet it will also function well in your rooms. So simply open the Cocon, zip the quilt together and then you can enjoy a warm reading, lounging or even daydreaming. Doesn’t that sound nice? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Fossa Sofa by Aurélien Barbry for COR

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You’d like to create a new image of sofas? Then have a look at what Aurélien Barbry has made for COR. It is the Fossa Sofa that comes with several cushions and slots, and therefore it will change roles whenever you add the cushions into or simply move them inside the slots. To sum up, Aurélien Barbry creates the changes, Fossa Sofa makes the changes and you guys will enjoy the changes. Cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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WOW Transformable Sofa

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Ideal for compact city apartments, the WOW sofa from Campeggi features a smart button and presents a plain design. But the most innovative point behind the furniture lies in the fact that it can open into a bed when you give the button a slight press. You see, that’s really cool and fantastic! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Rotating Squares Table

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Just look at the Rotating Squares Table, it’s obviously another piece of furniture meant for the “must-have” of your grocery lists. Constructed from 16 small squares, the table can open up to 1.4 times of its original size when these small squares are moved. Maybe also due to that magic rotating squares method, the table wears a surprising price of more than £2000 though it is simply made from oiled birch plywood. So the price must have made the table “one of the most expensive pieces” in your furniture collection, too. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Kickin Rocking Chair

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Embedded with the inspiration of social and cultural meanings of teasing, the Kickin from Jamie Yeo is an innovative piece of furniture that can help to bring people close to each other. When used individually, the furniture is just like a rocking chair for one person, but accommodates two or more people when several individual ones are combined together. Or you can bring many of these together and create yourself a cozy bed. Well, all that sounds so good. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Growing Bookshelf

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Of course the bookshelf holds your books, but more importantly, it also grows to accommodate more books. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Transformable Loop Chair

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Can you imagine that the simple Loop Chair can be arranged in 12 different ways? Let the pictures tell you how to do that: simply fold the hinges and fix the shape with special connectors, you can have the furniture change into various states, from a television chair to a bookshelf, from a chaise-lounge to a barstool. Isn’t that interesting? You should also have a try. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Awesome Mirrored Benches

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Who would ever dare to sit on a piece of mirror, which is usually believed too brittle? Obviously the Japanese dare to do so. At the Towada Art Centre in Japan, there’re several mirrored benches standing beneath cherry trees for the visitors to sit on. When the cherry trees were in full blossom, these chairs will also look quite beautiful. And to tell you the truth, these chairs are not made from mirror but stainless steel so you needn’t worry about your safety. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Chair That Stands On One Foot.

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Pascal Anson is not a magician but apparently he does amazing magic tricks as the magicians do. “The Balance” is an innovative chair from the designer, who has managed to let the chair stand on one leg, two legs and of course also four legs. So how could the chair do that? Continue with the video below and you’ll then get the answer. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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