Derrick Method makes furniture out of old books

Oh, how I wish this were real. This cloud sofa is still only a concept dreamt up by D.K. & Wei.The soft floating upper part is supported by the magnetic force generated by the bottom base. 

Canapé Cactus couch and ottomans by Maurizio Galante are much more comfortable than they look.

The Full Moon credenza by Sotirios Papadopoulos for EnneZero glows in the dark.

Roots Table by Ekta Shah

Shah on her work:

My inspiration is in the natural forms and processes in the world around us. The roots of a tree anchor it to the ground and support it. This function was the dominating characteristic that informed the design for the table. My intention was to have the individual bent plywood pieces that comprise the base to be connected in a manner that support the glass tabletop, but give the illusion of randomness and the organized chaos that is present throughout nature.

The Sea-Urchin chair by Oooms

Artist François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) made some rather unusual cabinets and bars.

“Tis the season for lots of eating, so it might be time to pick up some plates and platters. This dinnerware from Thomas Paul will add some whimsy to your table and its available in the Thinx Gifts Amazon store.

Fibonacci Cabinet by Utopia Architecture & Design

About the project:

The design idea comes from the traditional Chinese medicine cabinet, of which all the drawers are in the same size. In order to satisfy the multi- functional requirement, we apply Fibonacci Sequence, which is also called Golden Section for the intimately connection with the golden ratio, to rearrange every size of these units in series. The Fibonacci Sequence is a series of numbers: {0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, … } , in which the next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it.

This design is composed of seven units, a big cabinet on the top, five drawers and a Chinese table on the bottom, which could be used separately and combined freely according to different requirements and different places.

Nao Tamura designed his Rings stool to celebrate the 80th anniversary of designer Alvar Aalto’s Stool 60. 

About the project:

Contained within a single tree is its unabridged chronicle Year by year, never skipping a beat, it records its history slowly. Some lines speak of seasons of plenty, while others cry of famine. The size of the rings are never the same. Each engraving bears witness to battles waged in the name of survival. To observe such is to humble ourselves to nature’s love of life. This celebration was created by layering upon the chair’s beautiful geometric shape, a complex and organic graphic of life. My hope is that the Artek “Stool 60” will evoke the bounty of nature as seen by the passage of 80 years of time.

The Veritas collection by Vladi Rapaport 

Rapaport on the collection:

The ‘Skull Chair’ is part of my ‘Vanitas’ collection which is a collection of products inspired by the Dutch vanitas still-life paintings from the 16th and 17th century. The characteristic type of paintings where symbols of emptiness, time and death were placed on the canvas as a reminder of the vanity of earthly life. My goal was to combine the idea of thinking about death with a modern design vision and to allow the user of the product to enjoy every moment of his life by surrounding himself with the Vanitas symbols. This creates an environment that makes you understand the mortality and the absurdity of the present, but does so by letting you enjoy the very moment by giving an authentic and interesting product experience.

Ocean’s Edge Table by Tyson Atwell

Atwell on his work:

The ‘Ocean’s Edge’ dining table is part of an ongoing body of work utilizing a CNC router to digitally sculpt oceanic waveforms moving across planar wood surfaces. The undulating surface that rises out of and dips into the center of the table was developed in CAD by ‘lofting’ a sequence of tide curves sourced from the entrance of the San Francisco Bay.

Nautilus II Table by Marc Fish

Experimental Bookshelves by Ulterior Projects

About the project:

For this project, we take a step away from traditional bookshelf design and step towards functional art pieces.

Each design starts with a bit of custom code that incorporates growth functions found in nature. This step ensures that the shape of each piece is completely random and unique. The executed code generates a basic polygon mesh that is then hand shaped into the final form.

Kristjana S Williams’s vibrant Victorian engraving mash-ups can be hung on a wall or they can cover the whole wall. They can also cover sofas, chairs and ottomans, among many other things. You can find all these and more on her site.