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Circuit board table is geek furniture gold

, Jul 22nd 2010 Discuss [1]

I bet that most fans of computers and tech have a ton of old computers and gadgets packed away in the attic or garage. If you want something cool to do with all that old hardware, the circuit board table is the perfect way to show off your geekiness. Read The Full Story

Furniture designed using heavy cardboard tubes

, Jul 12th 2010 Discuss [0]

I remember all the tubes my teacher had in her closet when I was in first grade. The heavy duty tubes look like what you find inside wrapping paper, but they are made from a much stronger cardboard that is as hard as wood. Read The Full Story

Imeuble shelves give me a headache

, May 12th 2010 Discuss [0]

Design concepts range from mild to wild and sometimes a good concept takes something as boring as shelves for holding your junk and turns them into something cool. The Imeuble shelves from designer Bjorn Jorund Blikstad give me a headache and freak my eyes out. Read The Full Story

Champ couch for campeggi can take a beating

, May 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Growing up I had my share of fights and wrestling matches with my brother and friends while on the couch. Usually one of us would end up poked in the eye with one of the pillows on the couch and my mom would yell at us saying that the couch wasn't made for fighting on. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu unveils new Lifebook, Esprimo, and Celsius proGREEN computers

, Mar 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

Fujitsu has unveiled some new notebook computers today called the Lifebook E780 and the S710. Both of the new notebooks are in the Fujitsu proGREEN line. The proGREEN line of notebooks are optimized for energy saving features and longer battery life. Read The Full Story

Smart Kid baby furniture is useful once the kid can climb

, Mar 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

I have two kids and both are years outside the baby bed today. I can remember putting the beds for them both together only to toss them out in a few years when they learned to scale the side of the bed. Andensen Furniture has a new design concept that is perfect for the new parents looking to get some mileage out of their furniture. Read The Full Story

Wilkhahn ON: seating as “supple as thighs”

, Oct 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

If you eyed up the flexible spine of the Herman Miller Setu earlier this week and thought "nice, but I'd like more rotational combination of axial forwards, backwards and sideways movements" then you're obviously bizarrely well-read on ergonomic seating and probably already know what we're about to say.  If, however, you know little about pivotal sections but would just like to sit for a few hours without ending up stiff, then Wilkhahn's ON chair may be the answer.  Unlike regular task chairs, which mainly permit forward/backward movement, ON has an artificial hip-joint with "two swing plates that are just as supple as thighs". Read The Full Story

Herman Miller Setu gets reviewed: ergonomics on a budget

, Oct 19th 2009 Discuss [0]

Like any geek who spends more time on their hiney than in sunlight, we've a soft spot for high-priced ergonomic furniture, and when it comes to such things the inescapable name is Herman Miller.  Father of the classic Aeron and the bizarrely-beehive-like Embody, they also have more affordable options such as the Setu.  Nearly half the price of an Aeron, it's billed (almost) as Herman Miller's sop to the masses, and Core77 have not only reviewed it but caught up with the team responsible for its manufacture. Manufacturing overview video after the cut Read The Full Story

Secret furniture gets brilliant, elaborate physical mechanism [Video]

, Oct 15th 2009 Discuss [3]

It's hard to find a single screengrab to illustrate this great video of craftsman Brian Grabski's work-in-progress furniture: that's because it hides a fiendishly clever mechanism by which you can open a secret drawer.  The hand-crafted chest-of-drawers demands you pull open each of the visible drawers, before a hidden control springs out and allows you to trigger the secret compartment built into what looks like a normal molding. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Motoart retro fighter-jet desk chair

, Jul 2nd 2009 Discuss [0]

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. Read The Full Story

iHouse SmartFaucet with face recognition & email

, Apr 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

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. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Morfojet media chair by Gianni Pedone

, Apr 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

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. Read The Full Story
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