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Its not everyday that we get to see a living room sofa ready to also serve a different purpose once you remove it from the apartment but this Boat Sofa actually does work as a boat. All you need is enough water for the Boat Sofa to float and youll be fishing in no time. What you have to do is to remove the cushions from the Boat Sofa and transform it into a boat. The oars are safely stored right behind the cushions so youll be almost ready to go. The annoying part is taking the boat in and... - [Read more]

Were just about to show you the third chair of this first Sunday of the New Year, but considering all the partying is over a chair and some resting might be exactly what the doctor order. And the third chair of the day is a Monster Chair. No, really, thats its name, and youll understand in a minute why it bears that name. The Monster Chair has an impressive pose since it brings its own storage space wherever it may go. Thats why this particular chair looks a lot bigger and definitely more... - [Read more]

We usually look at chairs, no matter how theyre designed, at seating solutions meant to offer us support and comfort through the day but the Tai Chi Chair is no such thing. In fact the Tai Chi Chair doesnt suggest sitting at all as it appears to be a unit mean to help us perform various exercises at the end of our busy day. The Tai Chi Chair comes with plenty of handholds and footholds required for different Tai Chi poses. Those handholds and footholds emerge right from the legs of the Tai... - [Read more]

The Mono Chair concept here seems, upon first inspection, to be made of just one piece of stainless steel. There are no bolts and no nuts to suggest the designer could have used various different pieces to create the Mono Chair, which makes it all the more interesting. In fact the Korean designer, Jaebeom Jeong has welded all the stainless steel parts used to build the Mono Chair and managed to come up with a product that seems to be made of just one single piece. The Mono Chair is... - [Read more]

If you have $77,000 to spare following the Christmas shopping sprees and New Years parties then we have just the thing you dont need, but could end up buying anyway, the Kalista Ultimate SE CD transport. Dont expect any music out of this thing either unless you connect it to your other expensive music gadgets. The Kalista Ultimate SE CD transport is just a transport. Besides costing $77,000 it also weighs in at 181 pounds, so not only will you not be able to transport it by yourself, but... - [Read more]

The seating solution below is a chair that won the 2010 Grand Prize of Designed in China: The Rado Young Design Prize and youll notice immediately why it caught our eye. Were looking at a very simple design here inspired from the ancient scroll used for writing and drawing. The scroll acts now as the seating part of the chair and its made of stainless steel or carbon fiber and extruded PC. In other words the scroll chair will be ready to offer plenty of support and it will match all your... - [Read more]

Well its not exactly a pedestal but the Mus Modular Sofa comes with its own base, a platform made out of wood and meant to sustain all those cushions and everything else youd want to place on it. The platform is large enough to let you store various things, either part of the general interior design or everyday items that youd regularly have around the couch in your living room. The Mus is going to offer you various elements and can be arranged and rearranged according to your own personal... - [Read more]

What if your kitchen table was able to clean the dishes once you finished your meals? Would you invest in such a modern piece of furniture for your kitchen? The Dishwashing Table concept in the images below proposes us an all-in-one dishwasher and kitchen table. The actual dishwasher is right in the middle of the table and besides cleaning all the dishes as soon as the food is gone it will also help you keep them warm waiting for your next meal. The Dishwashing Table would be an even more... - [Read more]

Jufuku means in Japanese to overlap/repeat and the Jufuku Bamboo Furniture Collection comprised of a table, stool and cabinet has been conceived by using certain shape or shapes over and over to create the final piece of bamboo furniture. The bamboo table, stool and cabinet are definitely good looking and will certainly make an impression with any visitor, not to mention theyre precisely the kind of eco-friendly furniture items you might be looking for. So in case you are interested in... - [Read more]

Concrete is getting a makeover by the design community and after the Photo-Engraved Concrete which we covered last year we put the spotlight on Finnish company Graphic Concrete. As the name suggests, the company specializes in designing and manufacturing concrete that can be etched with images so that their surfaces... - [Read more]

The iRobot Scooba 230 is one of the smallest cleaning robots Ive seen but that doesnt mean its not ready to serve all of your needs. The device costs $299 and it happens to be one of the newest cleaning robots out there so you should definitely check it out. The iRobot Scooba 230 measures just 6.5 inches in diameter but this floor washer is expected to neutralize up to 97% of regular household bacteria and will adapt to your bathroom, kitchen, and other rooms of the house. The iRobot... - [Read more]

Wood may be a traditional source of material but no one can deny its versatility in the design context and its almost incandescent quality. Thus it doesnt surprise me that with the freestanding Yuma Art Tub 180, Blu Bleu opted for wooden panelling in favor of steel or something else equally minimalistic. Successfully juxtaposing conventional materials with contemporary design, Blu Bleu has managed to make the Yuma Art Tub 180 completely coherent with modern aesthetics. The pristine... - [Read more]

These days any product which has an "i" as a prefix has no trouble being relevant and the iPop Chair is no exception. One look at the quirkily designed chair and you know Kenneth Smythe wasnt clinging irrationally to design conventions and has rather intelligently meshed art with engineering. Part modern and part vintage the chair is a testament to Smythes idiosyncratic vision and his love for science. The San Francisco based designer has always been heavily inspired by evolutionary... - [Read more]

Although strangely named, the Pa Sofflocket kitchen sofa will immediately catch your eye. The Pa Sofflocket is a very useful piece of furniture as it comes with plenty of storage space to meet your storage needs while in the kitchen. The kitchen sofa is more of a bench than a regular sofa and it offers two storage areas underneath the seat and, my favorite feature, a special books and magazines storage section placed in the back of the Pa Sofflocket. This kitchen sofa is made out of... - [Read more]

Italian manufacturer Book Of Music specializes in designing high-end premium speakers that end up looking more like work of art than speaker systems. The Teti Spekaer is no exception and converges style and sound flawlessly. According to Book Of Music, their Teti floorstander is a "no conventional enclosure system and this no clever marketing on their part since Teti does stand five feet tall and redefines speaker design. The modern yet artistic aesthetics is no coincidence and the curvy... - [Read more]

The Force will always be with you if you get the Star Wars Droid Chess Sets. It may look from a "galaxy far far away" however it has been designed here on Earth by Rex Abergasm an Industrial Design Student at the University of Technology of Sydney. This intergalactic chess set doesnt feature the usual color scheme of black and white and has a more chic gold and silver combination. The... - [Read more]

Chess is one of the greatest games ever invented and it already has plenty of fans playing it around the world. In case you also love this home-played sport then we have a great chess table suggestion for you. The Flipboard Chesstable is exactly what your living room needs to help you cultivate your chess passion. The Flipboard Chesstable is all the more special, as it will morph into a regular coffee table once the game is over or whenever you decide to take a break. All you have to do is... - [Read more]

In the last few decades, the popularity of hookah, also known as shisha has really skyrocketed and now it is not just restricted to Indian or Middle Eastern cultures. Especially popular among the young and maybe the restless, shisha parties are quite the norm even in western countries. So its no surprise that Meduse Design Ltd. is tapping into the growing shisha culture by designing stunning technologically engineered shishas (or pipes) that appeal to western aesthetics. Based in Czech... - [Read more]

It is always hard to appease discerning audiophiles, but I think purveyors of luxury audio equipment will approve of the Devialet D-Premier amplifier system. Devialet is a French based company and their D-Premier was manufactured in Normandy and designed in the style capital of the world, Paris. Designed to provide an unforgettable enhanced audio experience to the consumer, D-Premier features ADH technology, and hooks up a preamplifier, stereo power amplifier (2 X 200 watts, stable to 2... - [Read more]

Industrial designer Michael Stolworthy has an interesting repertoire of work and two of his seating collections really piqued my interest. The Lo Boy Lounger and the Serous Bar Stool traverse diverse design ethos and are characterized by infinite geometrical lines, modern aesthetics and fluid curves. Minimalistic, modern and chic, the Lo Boy Lounger and the Serous Bar Stool have been conceptualized in coherence with current design... - [Read more]