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There has to be a better way of drying a wet umbrella than just shaking it silly. This Lawn for Rain concept—where you slide a wet umbrella into the styrofoam grass—might be it. More »
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This sofa is likely to never see the dawn of a waking day, nor the imprints of your buttocks as you settle in for a marathon 15-hour Space Invaders sesh. Shame, Igor Chak, shame. [Igor Chak via Kotaku] More »
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The standard cheapo dorm room media center is a few cinderblocks and a few two-by-fours. But that is a pretty ugly and cliched solution. This Freefold shelving system is instead made of cardboard, and it actually looks pretty slick. More »
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Let the subtle glow from one of these colorful bedside tables set the mood in your room, or, pull up a tiny chair, pretend you're in elementary school, and use it as a super rad (albeit small) desk. More »
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Oh, Hollandia. You can say your $20,000 bed is iPad-friendly because of the headboard's speaker system and docking station, but when you combine purple and grey like that, all I see is a gigantic Super NES. [BornRich] More »
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Instructables posted a guide for building your own booklamp. The designer claims with the right bulb it isn't a fire hazard. But if you burn up a few Stephenie Meyer novels in testing, no one will say a word. [Instructables] More »
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Over 200 linear meters of electroluminescent wire was used for the Disco Chair, which glow-strobes. Imagine what sitting on those wires would do to your thighs. They'd look like sausages, the fat poking through the gaps in the wire. More »
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If this car is a rockin', don't worry too much because the owner's probably just flipped it over and needed a seat. Oh, and it's for kids, so get your mind out the gutter. More »
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I'm not saying that sitting on this uber-designy glass chair is going to be all that comfortable, but it's gotta be a hell of a lot more comfortable than just sitting your ass down on a cactus. More »
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When you consider it, we're not so nice with our furniture. We plop our heavy selves down on some pieces and put drinks on others...sometimes without coasters. We push them around, figuratively and literally. This smart furniture, however, pushes back. More »
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Posture a little wonky these days? Bum hurt after eight hours of sitting on the office desk chair? You need to invest in one of these 16 workstations, pronto. [WebUrbanist] More »
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I'm imagining pre-teen boy's bedroom, rather than aging audiophile's listening-room, but wherever you stick this cassette deck shelf or the equalizer coat-hangers, you'll be able to smugly answer "they're Italian" whenever visitors ask where they're from. More »
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A German design firm, Jjoo, has created a set of doors-within-a-door, which caters to hobbit-sized people, kids—even pets. More »
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My Desk Is 8-Bit is a frothingly good—and self-explanatory—short film made by Alex Varanese. The stop-motion was inspired by Michel Gondry, R-Type, and every significant furniture day dream I've had in the last six years. More »
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If you think the Tauntaun sleeping bag was pretty hard to beat, you are wrong. Play some Barry White, get naked, and jump onto this furry Wampa Rug. You will make your significant other and polar bears worldwide very happy. More »
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Yeah, watching some fish swim around in Planet Earth on a wall-mounted, flat panel 3DTV is probably pretty epic. But you know what's even better? Watching some REAL F-ING FISH swim around in your wall-mounted, flat panel fish tank. More »
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Me: "Honey, where did the guests go?" Her: "Maybe they left after they realized they spilled red wine all over our new Loftbox 101 folding furniture. And why is it all folded up?" Me: "Call an ambulance." More »
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Italian-Singaporean design firm Lanzavecchia + Wai has created some astonishing pieces of furniture for its Spaziale series, which look like aliens have come down overnight and spun sticky webs of organic matter over someone's Ikea furniture. More »
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BusinessWeek points out what's probably obvious: sitting on your ass all day is bad for you. Doctors and hippies agree that we didn't evolve to sit. What to do? Accept your lot and prepare to die slowly and painfully. [BusinessWeek] More »
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Call me crazy, but I get the feeling Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana watched a lot of the Addams Family when they were kids. More »
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I love this sofa. It's comfy, looks stylish, and takes a good beating. Or at least I hope the thing can take having its stuffing beaten out when it apparently doubles as a punching bag. More »
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