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Chair Made From 374 Wooden Dowels

John Farrier — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:34:16 +0000

Photo: Kibardin Design

Prague-based Russian designer Vadim Kibardin created the Deep Forest Lounge Chair out of 374 wooden dowels, carefully molded to seat a person comfortably. Each is custom-made and priced at $6,584. More pictures at the link.

Link via Gizmodo

A Chair Made Out of Drinking Straws

John Farrier — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:33:53 +0000

Photo: Scott Jarvie

But I wouldn’t suggest sitting in it — it’s an art piece rather than functional furniture. Scott Jarvie made the Clutch Chair out of 10,000 drinking straws after “a microscopic observation of the structural composition of trees and the directional properties of Capillary tubes….” You can view more pictures at the link.

Link via GearFuse

Foam Block Turns Into A Chair When You Sit On It

John Farrier — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:10:59 +0000

Yu-Ying Wu, a graduate student in industrial design at a Taiwanese university, created a foam block that turns into a chair when compressed. The holes in the block aren’t random — they’re carefully shaped and selected to fold into a specific pattern when the user sits on the chair:

Wu added that her other inspiration for a chair with holes came from plant cells. The appearance of the holes makes people believe that the chair can breathe. Moreover, for the movement of either sitting down, being seated or standing up, the chair can transform in accordance with sitting posture, acting as if it were breathing.

Click on the link for larger images.

Link via DVICE | Images: CCTV

Tetris Chair

John Farrier — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:27:22 +0000

Image: Gabriel CaÃ±as

Mexican industrial designer Gabriel CaÃ±as created this fiberglass Tetris-inspired chair. So far, it’s one-of-a-kind, so it’s not yet available for retail. Follow the link to CaÃ±as’ portfolio for more odd furniture.

Link via GearFuse | Previously on Neatorama: Tetris Furniture

Growing Chairs

Queuebot — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:22:16 +0000

Amazing 1900’s green creativity from John Krubsack who decided to grow chairs! It took him eleven years to bend and graft stems and brances of elder trees into the shape of a
chair before it was ready for ‘harvesting’. Krubsack is said to have said the chair was ‘cemented by nature’.

Link – via cakeheadlovesevil

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Judas Cradle as Trendy Furniture

Alex — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:03:31 +0000

Back in the middle ages, a popular form of torture is to force a poor sap to sit on a pointy stool called the Judas Cradle. You can imagine what that does to the guy’s backside.

Fast forward to modern times and lo, this torture chair was transformed into an edgy "Stake-chair" by Russian designer Ton Guglya:

Stake-chair and stake-stool for those who like to be «on the edge». Practically it is very comfortable to seat on a glass cube (with round corners and a deepening in the top). Woody structure is actually wooden. If you doubt the historical authenticity of the torture stake — search it on the internet.

Link – via a+.29

VideoSift Clips of the Week

dag — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:25:28 +0000

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	Most Awkward Chair Promo Ever You know, this looks like a great chair – but do they have to focus so much on the benefits to the groin area? I don’t think I’ll be taking my underwear advice from them either. Link
	Ice Circle – Extremely rare cold-weather phenomenon A rare phenomenon usually only seen in extremely cold countries, scientists generally accept that Ice Circles are formed when surface ice gathers in the center of a body of water rather than the edges. Link
	Quick-Peel An Egg You might think you know how to peel an egg quickly, there are certainly a few techniques- but I’ve never seen one this fast. Save 4 years of your life. Link
	Float plane takes off, almost hits guy filming, then crashes De Havilland Beaver plane crash at Lake Hood in Anchorage AK, on June 7, 2009, apparently caused by a strong wind gust. None of the family of four and two dogs aboard were hurt. Link
	EXTREME RICE! Urrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!!!! Link

For more of the web’s most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.

The Twittering Office Chair

Miss Cellania — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:14:46 +0000

Instructable user randofo outfitted his office chair with a gas detection sensor, then programmed it to publish updates on Twitter whenever a fart is detected! “Office Chair” now has 2,395 followers on Twitter. Here is a sample of the results:

# I wish I were some other chair
about 15 hours ago from web

# He farted right on me again
about 17 hours ago from web

# allow me to repeat… ppppfffffffffftttttttttttt
about 18 hours ago from web

# Ugh. That was a gross one
about 18 hours ago from web

Link to instructions. Link to Twitter feed. -Thanks, Emily Farris!

Sit on a Masterpiece: the Mona Lisa Chair

Queuebot — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:24:25 +0000

A parody, spoof or useful seating device – you choose. The Mona Lisa chair is certainly humorous, particularly as you will find yourself sitting right on the famous woman herself.

The frame becomes the framework for the chair – and the possibilities of adapting and customizing the classic image are endless. Next up: Van Gogh benches?

The Shakers used to hang their chairs on the wall to get them out of the way when they needed to shake. We have also previously shown Dror Benshetrit’s neat cantilevered chair that flattened out and hung on the wall. Now Korean designer Kwang Hoo Lee does them one better by turning the chair into a work of art.

Link

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Hover Chair

Queuebot — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:28:52 +0000

Hoverit Ltd, a British company, has introduced the first piece in its line of magnetic ‘hover’ furniture. Dubbed ‘The Lounger’, the chair is built by hand and defies gravity through the use of repelling magnetic forces in both its bed and base. The feeling one has when kicked back in this lounger is like none other and has been described as “floating on a cloud”.

If you want a hover chair of your own it’ll set you back about £7,500.

Link

From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by whitespace.

Now That's a Chair!

Alex — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:36:04 +0000

Photo: Alexander Natruskin / REUTERS

Times may be tough for regular Joes like you and me, but the Russian fat cats are partyin’ like it’s 1999 in Moscow’s annual Millionaire Fair. The Russian capital is home to 60,000 millionaires and 30 billionaires (in fact, it has more rich people than any other cities on Earth) – and conspicuous consumption seems to be their mantra.

REUTERS has an interesting photo gallery of this year’s Millionaire Fair (which is filled with beautiful young women looking bored!). This one above is a chair fit for fat cats or super villains, designed by Raw Design: Link – via Oddly Enough

Other Links: BBC News photo gallery of the 2006 Millionaire Fair | ABC News photo galllery

Previously on Neatorama: The Villain Chair

Cactus Chair

Alex — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:16:05 +0000

As part of the China Chair Project art exhibit, artist Xiang Yun created this chair and footstool shaped like a prickly cactus from a hand-molded silicone!

Why, it’s the perfect chair for a house guest who has overstayed his welcome … Link