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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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

If you think only certain instruments like the guitars and pianos could clearly show us how music is played, then let me correct you because the Noteput Music Table can perform that task as well as the instruments, or even better. It is an interactive musical device, allowing you to see, to hear and to feel the music simultaneously. The musical table employs the camera-based marker tracking, which could identify each note and their positions. So music (or sound) would then be created and heard as you place the musical notes onto the table. The notes could be played by using the sound of different instruments.

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Showcased at the Design Museum London, ‘Harvest’ is an installation of chairs and tables made of Gypsophila plant, which has a natural ability to interlock. All the flowers have been put into moulds and freeze-dried for weeks before they’re used to make up the furniture. It will remain on show in The Tank outside the museum until 15 March. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Creative Factor: The ergonomics of the furniture and the stability.

You know those movable chairs, tables and stools that are lying about on the floor make your living room look messy? Well, no more, if you’re to use the ‘Shelf Made’ designed by Lies Van Kerckhove. It is a modular rack that hides 2 chairs, 2 stools and a table, which could be easily taken out of the shelf without affecting its stability.

Made from block hdf leicht stab plate, ‘Shelf Made’ is only available in black color and measures 1890 mm X 2110 mm X 400 mm (H x W x D). [Read the rest of this entry...]

Do you need a notepad to write down your thoughts and messages, or to communicate with your friends when you’re enjoying the coffee? Here’s one that could not only record your mindless thoughts but convey them to others in quite an interesting way. And the product we’re to argue is the ‘Communicative Coffee Table’ by Di Wu. The table features eight slide boards for adorning the table and a chalkboard for you to write on. One of the slide boards also conceals a duster to clean the chalkboard. [Read the rest of this entry...]

I cannot think of a rational reason why Koichi Futatsumata has designed the low table that also functions as a cat bed. I mean, any ordinary low tables with a shelf below could all spare certain space for the kitties. But Koichi Futatsumata’s table could make your cats feel more comfortable. It features a rattan shelf for your kitties to lie on and a transparent glass table surface on top to ensure enough light for your closet friends. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is a multifunctional piece of furniture named as ‘Also Chair’. It is an armchair that could be changed into a desk when you flip the chair for 90 degrees. Apart from that, there’s a bookcase- either behind the backrest or below the table surface- for you to put books. Simple and functional all in one, ‘Also Chair’ is particularly perfect for small houses. [Read the rest of this entry...]

A coffee table then and a dinning table now, it’s actually merely one table that functions in two different ways. Just pull up the coffee table’s surface, fix it at a certain height and then you can use it as a dinning table. So easy! [Read the rest of this entry...]

In-car Video Game, In-car PC, as well as the Swivel Car Tray, seemingly these products are gradually changing cars into a movable house with everything we may need. Designed to hold your food, drinks and other necessities during your driving, the Swivel Car Tray comes with a round plate on top and a backing bar whose height and angle could easily be adjusted. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Almost every kid loves to blow bubbles a lot, e.g. by blowing onto a film of soapy water. We still miss that game a lot when we grow up, and the designer has thought of a new way to play the same game: to blow glass bubbles into a transparent coffee table. It looks really amazing but also fragile. Anyhow, it is the idea rather than the product itself that amuses us. Hopefully you like it, too. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You will need electric outlets everywhere at the workplace, e.g. behind the refrigerator, the stove, and behind the coffee machine. But not everyone could afford to install dedicated electric outlets everywhere you may need, and sometimes we do have to be creative with outlets, and the table with outlets on its leg has provided us with a new choice. Equipping some outlets onto one leg of the table, the designers have successfully solved the problem of messy cords on the floor or the table. Everything is highly organized now! [Read the rest of this entry...]

You must have noticed those five interesting legs of the table, as all of them are shaped like those stunning legs of delicate beauties. But when these modules are combined together, what appears then? It’s a blooming flower, or rather an elegant table with a flower-shaped base. Isn’t that amazing? I love the idea. [Read the rest of this entry...]