In order to make people think about the pervasiveness of industrial waste, Chinese designer Jamy Yang created the above Jiujie Chair for American furniture maker Steelcase. Yang invented the eco-plastic used in the chair in 2010, and with it wove a sort of nest around the frame of the chair — which when you sit […]

Parra’s artwork is usually presented in 2D mode, but seeing his super-fat style manifested into 3D format — especially for something as usually mundane as a coffeetable — is rad. The Dutch artist collaborated with the Belgium-based Toykyo for this limited edition furniture, called The Fly New Coffee Table. The Botero-like feet are common for […]

Yohji Yamamoto drops his latest collection of sneakers — both high tops and lows — for Spring/Summer 2011. As usual, Yamamoto keeps it very minimal for most of the shoes for his Y-3 line — some very similar to shoes we’ve seen before from the Japanese designer, some others much more innovative. via SSENSE

Typography has become this year’s anthem to good design, and Mark Lauckhardt has found yet another way to incorporate it with something usually unrelated to typeface: furniture design. Lauckhardt has created a line that consists of a lamps, tables, chairs and couches all replicating different letters in the alphabet. The clean lines and modern design […]

Tatebanko is a celebrated 17th century art form creating dioramas and scenic perspectives from fine Japanese art. What made this art form so special was its intimacy and uniqueness, combining depth and color. The beauty of Tatebanko, therefore, is in the hand craftsmanship and attention to detail. On the other hand, you know that tacky […]

These finely detailed wooden sculptures bring home a taste of The Enchanted Forest to hang above your own hearth. It’s  a delicately hand-carved and easily mountable trophy head for your home, and the best part is that there’s no hunting or killing of majestic natural beasts required — no worries for forest life, cause it’s […]

Robert Bronwasser for Cascando Designs has made a small furniture collection to transport a little bit of the outdoors into your drab beige cubicle hell. His modern designs, inspired by nature and the organic shapes found in the wild, include a coat rack imitating a tree, with branches covered in pegs to hang your winter […]

In the age of Craigslist and eBay, when I hear the terms “interactive” and “past, present, and future users” associated with a chair, I immediately think it’s creative advertising for a used piece of junk. That was before I was introduced to David Lee’s interactive Continual Chair. Lee’s vision is to transform this ‘common object […]