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A Chair With An Integrated Running Wheel Was Invented For Cat Lovers

Those of us who work at home and own a cat probably know how nice it is to have a cat laying by your side. The problem is that cats are very independent, and sometimes just don’t hang around where we hang around. If only there was something that could bring you and your cat together a little bit more frequently… Continue reading »

Design Duo Creates Chairs Inspired By The Human Anatomy

Daishi Luo and Zhipeng Tan are the members of a creative design duo which creates furniture inspired by the human body, including tall spinal chairs with pelvis seats and other stuff you might find odd. Continue reading »

This Chair Allows Its User To Wrap Up And Get Comfortable

Moscow-based furniture designer Kseniya Alferova, has created COLE, a pink and grey armchair that allows you to wrap yourself up and get cozy. Continue reading »

This Chair Is Made From Wispy Pieces Of Wicker

Based in São Paulo, Brazil, designer Tiago Curioni has created an armchair made entirely from wicker branches and an upholstered cushion. The chair, named Savannah, is made from wicker branches that are first bent and shaped in water. Once dried they’re glued together one at a time to form the base. Continue reading »

The Octopus Chair By Maximo Riera

The Octopus Chair is a project of Spanish artist Maximo Riera. Produced in a limited series and one part of a larger collection entitled «Animal Chairs». Continue reading »

This Cocon Sleeping Bag Chair Let You Sit And Sleep Comfortably

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Someone please tell me this is the new proposed design for airplane seats. The Cocon is an armchair with an integrated sleeping bag. Designed by Celine Merhand and Anais Morel of Les M, the piece endeavors initiate “maximum snuggling up pleasure for extended TV sessions.” Or how about my flight from New York to Seattle, Alaska Air? The Cocon chair’s sleeping bag cover zips fully open and shut for easy entry/exit, and complete coverage while inside. Snug as a bug in a rug. Cozy as a caterpillar in a Cocon. Continue reading »

The Velo Chair Uses A Single Piece Of Bent Wood As The Backrest

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When British designer Jan Waterston was creating the Velo Chair, his inspiration came from cycling. Continue reading »

This Unique Chair Is Designed To Encourage Informality

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Drexel University student Carl Durkow, has just exhibited his new chair design, named ‘Narl‘, at ICFF 2016 in New York. The chair has an almost feather-like appearance, with a large curved base allowing for the chair to become a rocker. Continue reading »

Designer Transforms A Boeing 737 Jet Engine Into A Massive Chair

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UK-based furniture design company Fallen Furniture, have created a huge chair out of a BOEING 737 Engine Cowling. Looking like it belongs in some type of futuristic setting, this over-sized chair, is a pure attention seeker. The chair, which can actually spin on its base, has a highly polished exterior shell, and a dark luxurious leather interior. Continue reading »

This Chair Was Designed Specifically For Cigar Aficionados

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Chilean architect, Rodrigo Gonzalez, together with German lawyer, Alexander Sauer, conceived the idea of creating a smoker’s armchair for El Purista. The armchair is made of molded beech and walnut wood, and offers the cigar aficionado a personal retreat to relax, smoke, and enjoy. Continue reading »

The First Design-Protected Original AK47 Chair

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Here’s a chair fit for any firearm fanatic. Crafted from real AK-47s, this JamesEdition creation boasts style and innovation in its effort to pay homage to arguably one of the more infamous assault weapons. The inspiration came to artist Rainer Weber while he was reading a book on Michail Kalashnikov, creator of the AK. From here the chair was born. Continue reading »

Ingenious Rocking Chair Knits A Hat for You As You Sway Back And Forth

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The Rocking Knit chair was created by Lausanne Damien Ludi and Colin Peillex, students at the ECAL University of Art and Design. At first glance, the chair looks a lot like a porch swing or glider chair. Settle into the comfy seat, and you’ll find that it takes little effort to rock back and forth. Continue reading »

Elegant Wooden Chair Hand-Carved From A Single Tree Stump

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‘The Glemham I’ was produced by the artist Alex Johnson during a residency at White House Farm, which is the seasonal home of The Alde Valley Spring Festival near Great Glemham, England. Its stump was harvested from the farm and felled by a local timber man. Johnson then began slowly shaping and forming the wood into a elegant piece of furniture, with curved arms that flow into intricate flourishes adorning the base of the chair. Continue reading »

Dad Builds Triple Rocking Chair So He Could Read To His 3 Kids

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Master craftsman Hal Taylor loves to read to his children, but when his third child, Rose, was born, he ran into a problem – his three children wouldn’t fit in his lap when he went to read to them on his rocking chair! Continue reading »

Pixel Chair By Vivian Chiu

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RISD furniture student Vivian Chiu has completed a new project called ‘pixel chair.’ Creating a trompe l’oeil effect, this seating unit is made up of 1/2″ x 1/2″ cubes,placed individually by hand in a brick-laid formation then laminated together.
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Skull Chair by Vladi Rapaport


The ‘Skull Chair‘ is designed by Vladi Rapaport, a craftsman from Netherlands, and it’s part of his ‘Vanitas’ collection which is a collection of products inspired by the Dutch vanitas still-life paintings from the 16th and 17th century. Continue reading »

Bram Stoker’s Chair Series by Sam Taylor-Wood

The last series of Sam Taylor-Wood’s that I have looked into is called Bram Stoker’s Chair. This series links with her Suspended series in that they both show the artist seemingly poised in mid-air. These photos have the added element of the chair being there for her to balance on, giving her more of a physical connection with her surroundings. Continue reading »

Assembling a Chair

At the GAR Products furniture manufacturing facility in Lakewood, NJ, employees prepare chairs to be sprayed with a UV stain and a chair moves along the assembly line. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg) Continue reading »

Époque Chair: past eras of design, beautifully blended into a modern seat

Launching Époque, Eftwelve introduces a chair unique in form, dimensions and material.

The Époque is a fresh chair by Dutch designer Wybren van Keulen. The curves and sharp folds of this design reminisce of times passed. Époque brings together several eras of design, beautifully blended into a modern seat. Continue reading »

Coat Check Chair: Turn Your Closed Inside-Out!

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Coat Check is a concept chair, developed by Joey Zeledón, that seeks the encourage people to hang their coats up properly. Continue reading »