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.
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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)
From That’s Nerdalicious!: People who get motion sick need not spend $4680 on a dining table with swinging seats. It would also make choreographing a potato salad pass quite necessary.
Product Page (£2995 or $4680 via The Design Blog via OhGizmo)
I’ve seen giant NES controller coffee tables before, but this is truly the ultimate achievement in the ever-expanding world of furniture that looks like gaming gear.
If the dead-on oversized console build wasn’t amazing enough, consider this: the jumbo controller housed inside the cartridge bay is actually functional. There’s also a bay in the back for storage and two power outlets in place of the controller ports.
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Watkins recently set the Guinness record for the world’s fastest piece of furniture with a dining table set for a silver service dinner. Dubbed “Fast Food,” the table hit a max speed of 130 mph and an average of 113 mph while blazing down a 500m track.
The table is powered by a 1994 Reliant Scimitar Sabre engine boosted by nitrous.
Remember, Watkins’ dinner parties are white tie affairs. And by “white tie” I mean you should come dressed like the Stig.
(Telegraph via The Presurfer)
I didn’t know they sold chairs this awesome at Restoration Hardware. To bad everything is way, way overpriced in there.
If you have the means though, this WWII bomber plane-inspired chair is all aluminum and distressed Whiskey leather. And it will set you back a whopping $1295.
Product Page ($1295 via Super Punch)
This coffee table from designer Jon Gilmore features an aluminum frame with rows of spiraling LEDs in the center that make it seem like a black hole sucking light into the abyss. It would probably suck your coffee in too if it were not for the glass top.
Product Page ($1070 via Chip Chick)
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These cupboards from skitsch certainly look good, but they have the added benefit of making it seem like you actually read. As you can see, the front of the cabinets are designed to look like a shelf full of books when, in reality, they are probably full of liquor, video games, movies and/or action figures.
Product Page (€495-€1980 or $636-$2543 via BLTD)
You can’t turn digital into a coffee table! Score one for old VCR tapes. Luisa Montealegre used 92 of ‘em to create this conversation piece. Be kind…and don’t put your feet on it.
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(via Super Punch)
