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Different furniture has their own secrets of success: excellent quality, reasonable prices, exquisite shapes, or unique techniques. And as for this chair designed by Gilli Kuchik, it has drawn forth exclamation of praise at the Milan Design Week 2010, because of its amazingly perfect flexibility and durability as wooden furniture. Elastic material is also used to make the chair, and its main task is to join one board with another so as to transform the 2D spread into a 3D shape.

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Page Chaser is a flexible and folded bookmark that automatically shifts its position to mark the pages as they’re turned. Furthermore, you won’t lose your pages coz the new bookmark will stay attached to the book. Cheap, convenient and practical, Page Chaser obviously would attract everybody that loves reading and books. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Obviously the design shown here is a flat mat set, but it is also a table, a stool, and a chair. What, you don’t think so? Well, guys, after you lift the panels and fold them, you’ll find all those are possible. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Nobody would refuse a trip around the world, but the premise is to have enough money and also a lightweight backpack. Otherwise, you’ll walk with a slow dragging motion…So why not replace the big torch with the FLEXI lightweight LED lights? As a collaborative work of Kyeore Kim, Jaesuk Han, Sungkuk Hong and Sena Joo, the flexible light is made out of a thin rectangular silicon pad, with a powerful but energy-efficient LED lights on the edge. It can be rolled up into different shapes, to serve as a directional light or a flashlight when needed. But in most conditions, the kids prefer to make it open like a sheet and use it as an ambient illumination. [Read the rest of this entry...]

No doubt the development of technology has greatly changed our life, and we wouldn’t agree with that more after we’ve seen the continuous improvement of LED films. Dubbed LightForm, the world’s first flexible LED lighting film measure 254mm long and 12.7mm wide, with an average thickness of less than 1mm. Moreover, it could be easily cut into various shapes, according to your different needs—attaching them onto your car or even sew them onto your clothes. Available in red, amber, green and blue colors, the LED film is priced from $ 26.95 (no battery included) to $29.95 (a battery included). [Read the rest of this entry...]

Frankly, the mug has nothing to do with Van Gogh but the concept is rather intriguing. The Dear Van Gogh is a silicon mug that features an ear-shaped flexible handle. Designed by Mike Mak, the handle feels realistic and could be twisted or pulled hard. That sounds like a perfect way to release your anger! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Made from flexible materials, the gadget could be easily changed into different shapes and features a perfect heat resistance. It measures 18″ long when expanded, and comes with a touch of stainless on the end. So do you know what it is actually used for? [Read the rest of this entry...]

You need a lantern not merely because you want it to light up the dark room, but also because you would find some fun with it. An interesting, beautiful, but also practical product has been something that every designer hopes to attain, and certainly Charles Jones is amongst them. And he succeeded. The Kutch Lantern is a lighting device which could be turned on when you squeeze its body (which is squeezable of course) or spin the rotary dial at its base, and that’s totally different from other lanterns on the market. How do you like it? Let me know then. [Read the rest of this entry...]

It’s always the cameras’ shapes and patterns that make them attractive and distinctive. And we usually call those designs ‘a creative design’. Not exactly. As a matter of fact, you may find nothing could be regarded as an innovative design except that it is new in both functions and appearance. Just like the Fleksimus Camera presented here. It comes with a flexible tube, on one end of which is a lens and on the other is a compact viewfinder. Therefore, the lens can reach any odd angles, allowing you to take pictures from those angles you never tried before. [Read the rest of this entry...]

‘Adam and Eve’ is a new way for home furnishing. Then what is behind the special name ‘Adam and Eve’? You’ll be interested, right? Actually, Adam and Eve separately stands for two different parts of the furniture set, the former refers to the soft part for you to relax on and the latter is the hard part that allows you to place your stuffs. [Read the rest of this entry...]

How long haven’t you seen a radio? One year, two years, or even longer? God, it is so far from the days we were accompanied by radios. So it is time radio returns to our life. A high-tech radio. An ultra-thin radio powered by solar energy. Though the so-called ‘Flexio’ radio receives only one fixed FM channel, it would be a good gift for girls, who loves anything that is cute and mini. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The “Ghost Icon”, due to its special design and material selection, are warning us of the phenomenon of growing warmer and resource waste. In fact, it is encouraging us to use fluorescent bulbs as well as LED or OLED instead of incandescent light bulbs to reduce the carbon content in the air.

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What if your chair breaths? It’s weird, huh? But have you imagined the great fun and comfort feeling it will bring to you? Believe me you wouldn’t like to leave the ‘Breathing Chair’ as long as you’re seated. Also known as Tofu Chair, the clever seating by Yu-Ying Wu is just a foam cube if none is sitting on it and once you sit down it turns into the shape of a chair.

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Believe me that you wouldn’t mind waiting for a few years to own a futuristic laptop like the Roll-Top, though it’s just a concept product at present. Due to the soft OLED technology, this laptop is a flexible display that unrolls into a multi-touch 17-inch laptop. As it could be rolled up conveniently, Roll-Top is more portable.

The rubber band bookmark is one of the products that you never want to miss. Simply wrap it around your book and you’ll no longer need to worry about forgetting your pages. Featuring an indicator arrow to show the right line you are reading, the bookmark also helps to improve your reading efficiency greatly. How convenient it could ever be!

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