Developed by architecture students at MIT, SOFT Rocker is a solar powered outdoor rocking lounger whereby you can relax and recharge your electronics. These curved, solar-panel-covered seats rotate on an interactive 1.5 axis, 35 watt solar tracking system to keep them facing the sun, generating additional energy from the rocking motion created when people climb
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TweetingSeat – Connecting the Digital World with Nature
Ever get that feeling somebody’s watching you? Designed to explore the potential for connecting digital and physical communities, designer Chris McNicholl’s TweetingSeat is an interactive park bench that logs usage by uploading images of its users and environment to a live Twitter feed, allowing people to interact with it both in person and virtually. Each
One of a kind Hopper Table comes with its own Sunshade
You gotta love a patio table with its own built in foldable sunshade. This unique functional patio table by Extrmis can be used in your own back yard or in a public setting, due to its industrial galvanized or powder-coated steel frame and exposed bolts. With its natural Iroko (ecologic hardwood) wood tabletop and benches,
For Whom the Bell Tolls – Pendulum Colored Clocks
From a distance they could almost pass for spare wheel from one of the Tron Cycles. Pendulum is a timepiece that shows the time by emitting colored lights, which take into account the colour of the skyline throughout the day. It also serves as a table lamp or a wall lamp. The elegant looking futuristic
Fresh Sashimi right in your Table
What a concept, fresh sushi right at your fingertips. The fiber reinforced artificial resin table has a unique feature where-by a hanging lamp surreptitiously lifts to reveal a rather bizarre curiosity. This creative Bright coffee table is one big surprise. It’s a fish bowl to keep your sashimi, or my favorite, Tiger prawns fresh, ready
Hang your damn Coat – Chair made from Coat Hangers
From the mind of Joey Zeledón, comes the Coat Check Chair…made from coat hangers and a steel bar from a closet rack shaped into a chair frame. I am guessing the though process is to encourage your lazy ass guests to a hang their damn coats upon entry rather than toss them on top of
Love me some Bacon – Mouth Watering Lamp
Can’t get enough of those sweet, sweet strips of cured meat sliced from the belly of a pig? I think it was the prominent American Revolutionary Porktrick Henry who said: “Give me bacon or give me death.” Now you can adorn any room in your house with this paper shade lamp stylishly wrapped with an
The Bachelor Chair made for a Woman
Why would you put a pink heart on anything and call it the ‘Bachelor Chair’? This DIY combination chair can be that extra seat you need when putting on shoes, a convenient ironing board or a stable step stool for reaching a top cupboard shelf or changing a light bulb. You can pick up the
Bizarre Chair inside a Chair
A great space saving idea or just another bizarre exploration into compact furniture? From the mind of designer Flavio Scalzo comes the Chair Pull & Pushi, cause you never know when somebody might want to sit right next to you. [Cheers yankodesign.com]
Robox – The heart of Robot Shaped Shelving
From the mind of Italian designer Fabio Novembre, comes this robot-shaped shelving unit with a heart. ‘Robox’ which was designed for Casamania, has a picture frame for a head and a shiny red box representing the robot’s heart. The unit comes in a variety of colors and stands 78 cm tall. I’m thinking you could
