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design
Someone Finally Designed a Folding Chair That’s Easy to Store

They're light, they're cheap, they're marginally comfortable, but ironically, folding chairs are rarely easy to stack and store. They're supposed to be, but their random curves and bulges make it a task that's frankly just not worth it—especially knowing that Folditure's ultra-flat hanging Tilt chairs are about to hit the market. Read More >>

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art
Whoa, You Can Actually Sit in This Painting

My, that painting of that chair looks great. Very regal, very detailed and even very comfortable. How comfortable? So comfortable that you can actually sit inside the painting. Though it looks like any ordinary painting, the artwork is actually a piece of furniture. Read More >>

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furniture
Mazda Wants This Sleek Spider Chair Creeping Across Your Living Room

If Audi could do it, the designers at Mazda figured they could create their own custom furniture too. After all, the company's been crafting seats for its vehicles for years now. And with the Kodo chair that pedigree's immediately obvious. Read More >>

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design
The Evolution of Outdoor Seating Brilliantly Visualised

The New York Times has an awesome retrospective graphic that shows how al fresco seating has evolved all the way from 1889 to the present. Can you tell we're excited for spring? Read More >>

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furniture
Some Law Of the Universe Is Being Broken When This Chair and Stool Stack

There's a recent trend in furniture with pieces that defy the impossible and by all logic shouldn't exist. First it was that mind-melting distorted storage unit, and now we have Dave Ritinger's chair and stool Mate set that somehow stack into a single piece. Read More >>

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design
Gorgeous School Furniture That Teaches Kids Good Posture

Turns out, sitting hunched over a desk for eight hours a day isn't all that great for a kid's posture, and the spinal contortions needed to lean over a flat desk certainly do nothing for a student's ability to focus on the day's lessons. However, this rolling chair from Dublin-based industrial design firm Perch aims to keep kids upright, comfortable, and engaged through the magic of deforming plastic. Read More >>

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furniture
Flexible Flat-Pack Furniture That Actually Looks Pretty Comfy

What you gain in convenience when opting for flat-pack furniture from stores like Ikea, you lose in comfort. But with a clever enough design, it turns out that your flat-pack seating can actually look comfortable and inviting—as South Africa-based Wintec's Stratflex line demonstrates. Read More >>

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furniture
Steelcase Gesture: A Smartphone-Friendly Office Chair

Finally acknowledging that very few people actually sit in an office chair the way it was designed to be used, Steelcase has created a new chair that caters to all the wacky poses we strike when using various devices. So while the new Gesture can still be used with a traditional keyboard and monitor setup, it's also just as comfy for use with phones and tablets too. Read More >>

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desired
A Bean Bag Chair Fit For an Evil Dorm Room Dictator

Designed for impoverished students and those who couldn't care less about posture, the bean bag chair is rarely regarded as a stylish addition to a well-appointed room. That is, until designer Antoinette Bader managed to turn the lowly specimen into a throne fit for a criminal mastermind, an evil dictator, or your average CEO. Read More >>

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concepts
Being Gobbled Up By This Furry Monster Chair Looks Incredibly Comfy

Inspired by a story his grandmother used to tell him at dinner about how his fish balls would turn into a giant hairy hungry monster if he didn't eat up, Jason Goh created this incredibly cosy looking Moyee Monster Chair. Read More >>

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furniture
This Rocking Chair Knits a Wool Cap While You Kick Back and Relax

Is there anything more relaxing than the back and forth motion of a comfy rocking chair? Of course there is—rocking while sporting a stylish knit cap you made yourself, which is made all the more easy with this rocking chair knitting machine. Read More >>

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movies
Dominican Republic Cinema-Goers are First to Get Soundtrack-Shaking Chairs

One lucky theatre in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was the world's first cinema to have Tremor FX seats installed -- the derriere-shaking chairs that give moviegoers "a more immersive theatre experience." Read More >>

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uncategorized
This Pocket Change Stealing Chair Will Eventually Pay For Itself

The only silver lining to losing pocket change in your couch cushions is the windfall you'll discover when you finally get around to cleaning it. But at best you'll just recover all your losses; there's no profit to be had there. Unless you encourage visitors to only use Sam Lomingshum's brilliant change-stealing Artful Dodger rocking chair. Read More >>

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uncategorized
What Is This?

The grain gives away that it's obviously made of wood, but what is this tshirt-shaped slab of lumber supposed to be? The latest in eco-friendly fashion? An alternative to undershirts that's easy to clean with a sanding block? Not even close. Read More >>

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wish you were here
Transforming Furniture Makes You Choose Between Sitting and Eating

Designer Claudio Sibille's Sensei chairs are perfect for people living in small apartments—providing them with a couple of places to sit and a table for dining. But it's one of those 'you can't have your cake and eat it too' situations since you have to choose one or the other. Read More >>