American designer Mattias Pliessnig built this curvy custom bench out of thin sheets of oak: pliessnig recently completed 'amada', a design for a private client who wanted a large bench flowing through his living spac...

This Friday’s Museum of Possibilities addres...  ...Friday’s Museum of Possibilities addresses furniture that can be rotated, upended or turned upside dow...  ...or me. It would be dishonest to suggest that such furniture would be indispensable, useful or necessary for a...  ...ders to think up your...

This Friday’s Museum of Possibilities employs several themes that are found in many of my pseudo-inventions: Hiding, duplicity, pretending and concealing. Today's ideas are offered as solutions to the problem of st...

Perry Watkins of Buckinghamshire, UK, may have set...  ...may have set a world speed record for a piece of furniture when he piloted a Queen Anne dining table with si...  ...cial world record holder for the fastest piece of furniture when his time is accepted by Guinness. A 1994...

(YouTube link) I know some people who would rather rebuild something ten time than read the directions! Of course, putting something like a deck chair together is infinitely easier when the directions are written by...

When Nikki of WhiMSy Love had a friend staying over for a short bit, she wanted to make her living area more inviting than just the standard airbed. As you can see, the solution was not only cute and clever, but darn...

Los Angeles-based sculptor Robert Therrien, am...  ...jects, makes giant versions of ordinary household furniture . In a 2004 interview, in response to a question...

I must say I don't always understand the purpo...  ...I don't always understand the purpose of certain furniture designs. My best guess is, much like the models w...

(YouTube Link) British custom furniture maker David Fletcher makes capstan tables -- tabl...

The Jetsons promised us that we'd have a flying ca...  ...orementioned 'Recreate' range, the SitBag line of furniture cleverly makes use of old suitcases in its quest...