Tag archive for furniture

As someone in the market for a new desk chair, I’m now hopelessly in love with these Motoart seats.  Reclaimed from authentic, Vietnam-era fighter jets and bombers, the ejector seats are freshly padded, newly upholstered and given aluminum bases with double-wheel casters.

We’re told that water and electronics don’t mix, but word obviously hasn’t made it to iHouse.  The company has been demonstrating their SmartFaucet, a touchscreen-enabled tap that also includes a camera for face-recognition.  If you’ve ever wanted to check your email and calendar from your bathroom sink, here’s the faucet for you.

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In an ideal world, this would be a jet-propelled butt-cradle.  However it’s not, it’s actually a combination chair and music system by designer Gianni Pedone, part of the Morfonauta collection going on show at Milan Design Week 2009.

It’s almost the weekend, which means only one thing: a desperate race to find an all-consuming project lest one be found for you by your nearest-and-dearest.  You could do a lot worse than put together a Shopping Cart Go-Cart, the entertaining end-result of MAKE’s shopping cart chair tutorial.

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As multifunctional furniture goes, designer Michiel van de Kley’s intent with Globus – to create a swivel chair and desk when open, and something that “evokes curiosity” when closed – certainly isn’t in keeping with the must-do-everything convergence ethos.  However we’ll forgive it because it’s so darned lovely.  A moulded plastic globe with a cast [...]

In an effort to prevent everyone from leaving their products back in the 90’s, Sonic Chair has added a 20-inch “touchscreen” iMac to their popular Sonic Chair. The Sonic Chair Touch features the same built-in speakers and input jacks that we have grown accustom to with the addition of a computer that is quickly growing [...]

If your kids aren’t interested in a Wii but you’d still like them to get some exercise benefit out of their console, the GAMEROX gaming chair might be the solution.  Resembling a couple of mudflaps, the GAMEROX chair moves in all three axis and, by making the child support themselves rather than slump, trains core [...]

If you live in constant fear of coming across a gang of youths listening to tinny music from their cellphones and staring moodily at passers-by, good news!  Now they’ll be able to play their music with far more bass and mid-range, courtesy of German designer Michael Schoner of NL Architects.  His Boom Bench connects via [...]

Claustrophobics look away now.  Measuring 6 x 4 x 4 feet, the PodWombats Mark III Gaming Cockpit is billed as the best thing for gamers looking to eliminate all distractions during play.  Constructed from particle-board and with a sliding canopy section, inside there’s an adjustable racing seat, mounting points for joysticks and other controllers, and ventilation [...]

Being on the forefront of new technology is always exciting. And since Stuff Live, the biggest gadget show in Britain, is set to happen this weekend in London, we’re always excited to get a sneak peek at what’s to come. Like this lounge chair that hovers, for instance. Now this is something I’d like to [...]