When life gives you lemons, make a really expensive coffee table that leaves the bitter taste of disappointment and regret in your mouth. Also works with your totaled Toyota Camry.
(Charly Molinelli via Recylart)
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Technically, this custom coffee table from R9 is called the “70s Falcon” to dodge LucasFilm lawyers, but the guy that purchased it is probably wearing a Han Solo costume while admiring the bronze centerpiece at this very moment. The Millennium Falcon bronze also features a retro wood-grain veneer that ties into the base.
This appears to be a one-off item, but we would hope that another could be commissioned for the right price.
The Woodsman’s Axe coffee table is the kind of furniture I would picture Ron Swanson using. For the rest of us, it would make a great conversation piece, and/or a lifesaving tool in the event of a zombie attack.
Product Page (£495 or $803 via Cool Material)
Designer David Gawthorpe has come up with one of the most bad ass gaming chair designs in recent memory. It took two years to build, but in the end Gawthorpe managed to create a luxurious gaming chair out of the front end of a Mini.
This handmade Doctor Who TARDIS murphy bed was intended for the creator’s son, but the decision was made to put it up for online auction instead. That means you can actually own it if you are willing to part with a serious sum of cash.
That having been said, the bed does come complete with LED effects lighting and a talking telephone loaded with four Doctor Who phrases. It also projects the southern cross sign on the ceiling at night and emits TARDIS sounds and light effects at the push of a secret button.
Product Page (TDW via io9)
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Just a few days ago we showed you a mockup for iPhone Table Connect. It transfers the data from your phone and projects it onto a 58-inch table display with multitouch—essentially turning your entire desk into a working iPhone.
Admittedly, I had my doubts about the table, but they promised demo videos and what they delivered doesn’t completely debunk it—although the fact that they put the iPhone to sleep before the demo is highly suspect.
They claim that the software running the screen is still in the alpha stage, so it might take a while before the desk is finalized—and there’s no word yet on what these guys plan to do with the table once it reaches that stage. I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if this turned out to be fake, but we will just have to wait and see.
Check out the video on CubicleBot…
From CubicleBot: What you are looking at is a mockup of a 58-inch, fully functional iPhone table with a multitouch display. The Table Connect accepts connections from a normal iPhone 3GS/4 and transmits the UI to the desk.
Again, this is just a mockup, but a demo video of a working prototype is supposedly coming in a few days—and we wouldn’t be surprised if they actually went up for sale at some point. Just imagine—full-sized games of virtual air hockey and a game giant Angry Birds that requires teamwork to play.
(Table Connect via Engadget)
Estonian sculptor Mati Karmin is finding good use for Russian AGSB-type sea mines found off the coast of his homeland – he’s turning them into badass furniture, including desks, fireplaces, tables and toilets.
Read more on CubicleBot…
I think I see what’s going on here. We’ve moved past plain old Snuggies to an electric Snuggie, but we won’t be satisfied until we can find a garment that simulates being in bed all day.
The Cocon is a concept in that evolutionary process—part armchair, part sleeping bag. Throw some wheels on it and we’re in business.
(super-ette via The Design Blog)
