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Innovative, Strange or Unusual Furniture Designs Spotted in 2021
Archaeologists must love the “Form follows function” rule, because when they dig up an old Roman chair, even the intern can tell it’s a chair. But the future archaeologists who’ll dig up our 21st-century furniture will be scratching their heads a lot: What the heck is this thing? What does it do, why was it made, what problem does this solve?
Here’s what we saw this year in archaeologist-confounding furniture designs that we’d call innovative, strange or unusual.
Peter Otto Vosding’s Spielbein: Chairs that nest sideways to form a bench
Soft Baroque’s kinetic chairs that aren’t rocking chairs
Connor Holland’s Inflated Mirror
Sander Nevejans’ ultra-thin folding chairs
Ideaco’s Tiny Walk combination side table/tray
Ikea combines an air purifier with a side table
Secretlab’s Magnus metal desk with magnetic ecosystem
Marco Manders’ rotomolded tulip-inspired public seating
The Lönneberga Stacking Bed by Richard Lampert
Seating Innovations’ chairs are mounted to the floor, but don’t have legs
Agustav’s hanging Book Rack
Moduform’s rotomolded bedroom furniture designed “to withstand intentionally abusive behaviors”
Dan Svarth’s rocker-less rocking chair
Dekay King’s shop furniture
Philippe Malouin’s nylon tables: furniture-sized standalone ball bearings
Jakob Jørgensen’s Hanger adjustable wall rack and shelf
Hitoshi Kuramoto turns industrial wire mesh into comfortable furniture
Cat-centric furniture: A chair with an attached treadwheel
Osteopath turned furniture designer makes a case for rethinking ergonomic chairs, but beware
The Opus SoundBed: A $2,000 bed you can’t sleep in, but it heals your soul, or something
Bpiu’s Eclettica, drawers that transform into a spiral staircase
Buddy the Game Chair
Farm furniture: A one-legged stool
A dining table designed so your cat can say “hey
Lastly, a gag. "How Every Bookshelf Should be Assembled”
https://www.core77.com/posts/111246/Innovative-Strange-or-Unusual-Furniture-Designs-Spotted-in-2021