COFFIN TABLE: Memento Coffee Table Casket

Worrying that you don't think about death enough in your day-to-day life? Pratt student Charles Constantine is looking to change this and inject a bit of morbidity into the daily routine, with his new

COVER POUF: No-Waste Furniture by Alain Bertreau

Designer Alain Bertreau creates simple furniture that cuts out excess materials and effort, leaves an overall serene and minimalistic impression, and packs light. We've covered Bertreau's Instant Chair

TRANSPLASTIC Furniture by Campana Brothers

Fernando and Humberto Campana, the Brazilian brother design duo, have long been known for their unique combination of craft-meets-contemporary, recycled-meets-high design furniture. This past summer, they

ANNIE Shopping Cart Chair from Reestore

“Annie” is a shopping cart turned into a comfy cute chair from reclaimed design gurus Reestore. We’ve all seen old decrepit shopping carts left by the side of the road, and it is a sad,

SHAPE-SHIFTING CHAIR: Caterpillar by Anna Bullus

We love designers who get their inspiration from the unexpected, and we love transforming, 2-for-1 furniture even more! Check out the Caterpillar, a flexible piece of furniture inspired by bicycle

MARTINO GAMPER: 100 Chairs in 100 Days

Martino Gamper has a penchant for furniture: to be specific, chairs. In his project 100 Chairs in 100 Days, he takes apart a mix of discarded and systematically collected pieces found on London's street

Oeuf Eco-friendly Convertible Crib

Here's a cute convertible crib with a modern aesthetic and the flexibility to remain useful as your baby becomes a toddler. The Oeuf Crib will take your newborn through their toddler years with the

ECO TV PACKAGING TURNS INTO DIY FURNITURE

In its quest for ‘bigger and better’ technology, mankind is facing a mountain of expanded foam pieces and polystyrene packing material used to protect items during handling. Tom Ballhatchet, a recent

MOLO SOFTSEATING: Expandable Honeycomb Chair

Molo Designs' flexible honeycomb paper furniture has been a long time favorite of Inhabitat, starting back when we first discovered them in 2005 at ICFF, all the way to the Inhabitat Editors Choice Award

EXPANDABLE FOLDING CHAIR – in video

This isn't a new idea by any means: we've showed you expandable honeycomb folding chairs before from Molo and Charles Kaisin Design. However, the joy of watching this video makes us realize that it takes

ONE SHOT STOOL by Materialise

Folding chairs are great in theory, but most traditional designs are often bulky and unwieldy in both folded and unfolded form -- defeating the whole point of impromptu seating. Now Belgian design company

LEAF FURNITURE by Tejo Remy

There's something so identifiable and charming about Dutch Design. Tejo Remy, one of the first and most influential members of the Dutch Design group Droog, has recently split from the collective to

INSTANT CHAIR by Alain Bertreau

Alain Bertreau's Instant Chair is a plywood transformer chair that folds down into one small flat sheet for storage, but pops into a sturdy seat in a matter of seconds. Using the latest panel cutting

MODULAR FENCE CHAIR by Alain Bertreau

Alain Berteau, architect, interior designer, and product designer has designed some fabulously efficient chairs that are noteworthy both for their ingenuity and frugality of material. The Fence Chair

BONBON CONVERTIBLE DOC SOFA/BUNK BED

It's been a while since we talked about compact habitats, but it's one of our favorite topics. Efficient use of space is the best way to maximize your living quarters. It helps you conserve resources,

ZEBRA CHAIR

We love a flat-pack design - it's easy to transport, unpack and assemble (usually). But once it's out of the box, most flat-pack furniture is pretty much the same as the standard 3-dimensional. If you

POISSONMOBILE FOLD-UP CHAISE LOUNGE

With tomorrow being the all-American sunshine-basking, BBQ-eating, firework-watching extravaganza of the year, we thought it apt timing to feature an innovative lounge chair idea. Designer Sascha

HIJACKING IKEA: Renegade DIY Projects

They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery…. Some people take IKEA's Do-It-Yourself ethos very seriously! By ignoring the retailer's assembly instructions, designer Kieren Jones and

ITBED

As fans of flatpak construction, we are intrigued by the new Itbed design from It Design. Made from folded 7mm thick cardboard, the accordion folded cardboard bedframe is easy to collapse and store away,

NONdesigns TOPO TABLE

Being a cartography buff, I was immediately taken by the topographical landscape of this NONdesigns table. The TOPO table consists of a corian surface (standard in kitchen countertops) interrupted by

JULIAN LWIN BIODEGRADABLE BIOTUBE BENCH

Anyone who reads Inhabitat regularly will know that we are suckers for furniture with foliage. Julian Lwin has caught our attention before with his fabulously green, wheatgrass-studded Galapagos Coffee

MOBILE LIVING

Sunday night we attended the Mobile Living event, which proved to be a smashing example of a well-conceived hybrid exhibition. The theme “mobile living” took a comprehensive view, including

STUDIO DROR’S PICK CHAIR

As far as flexible furniture goes, the folding chair is as old as they come, the first one dating back literally thousands of years. You don't expect to see much innovation in such a well-established

BAMBOO SLIDE TABLE

Bamboo continues to be an Inhabitat favorite, and we especially love bamboo furniture that unfolds to provide variety in tight spaces. The Bamboo Slide Table was specially designed for those with

VENTO DOOR

The Vento Door by Akira Yoshimura combines the functionality of magazine rack with the utility of a door, creating something stylish out of the mundane. The inspiration for the Vento door started with

DESIGN EXHIBITION: LIVING IN MOTION

Its easy to think of flexible, and multi-functional design as a modern innovation; a product of our increasingly fast-paced and mobile lifestyles. Yet human societies the world over have been wrestling

MEBEL FURNITURE: LUBLIN PIVOT TABLE

One good way to move toward sustainable living is to own less stuff. That's why we're excited about Mebel Furniture's clever multi-purpose Lublin Pivot Table. This two-piece table swivels on an axis to

VESTAL DESIGN’S CONVERTIBLE KITCHENETTE

We can't say enough about the benefits of a compact living space. It's an instant clutter eliminator, a life-size jigsaw puzzle, and a laboratory for experiments in feng shui. But the best thing about

FUTABA CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE

In Japanese, the word “Futaba” means two leaves sprouting from one seed. That sounds like a less violent version of the expression “killing two birds with one stone.” I love the

PACMAN DINING TABLE

As a kid growing up in suburban California, I was obsessed with the Pacman table in our local Chinese restaurant. I could care less about the myriad stand-up video games in the nearby arcade, but I

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