IKEA and Xbox’s YXSTABY furniture collection makes gaming feel more at home
Gaming furniture often announces its purpose a little too loudly with oversized chairs and brightly colored accents. This can make a living room feel more…
Furniture
The Aluminium Chair With No Cushion, No Frame, No Apologies
Most furniture design tells a story in layers. A frame, a cushion, an upholstery, a finish. By the time you sit down, you’re resting on…
This Award-Winning Armchair Proves One Bold Detail Changes Everything
Pepê Lima’s Jacob armchair doesn’t ease itself into a room — it arrives. Designed for Indonesian furniture brand Blackwood, the chair took home three accolades…
The Coat Rack That Doubles as a Sculpture for Your Entryway
Most coat racks have one job and barely manage it. They accumulate coats, yes, but also that one bag you keep meaning to put away,…
An Industrial Designer Hid the Chair’s Entire Folding Mechanism Inside the Backrest
Gudmundur Ludvik had a question he couldn’t let go of. Why should a folding chair be a compromise? The answer, for decades, had been accepted…
The Navy Chair That Refused to Be Replaced
The Emeco Navy Officer Swivel Chair walked into the present carrying about 75 years of history on its brushed aluminum frame. That kind of backstory…
Someone Built a $3,500 Studio That Starts With You, Not the Gear
The studio setup has always been a deeply personal thing. Two producers with identical gear can arrange it in completely different ways, because the physical…
Chrome Spheres Are Now Furniture, and It’s Surprisingly Beautiful
The easiest way to describe the Wishes Collection is to say it looks like someone took a string of chrome Christmas ornaments and turned them…
Here’s What You Get When You Combine A Beanbag With An Inflatable Chair
As a millennial with lower back issues, my biggest complaint with a beanbag is that it doesn’t provide enough stability. And my complaint with inflatable…
Someone Finally Bent a Desk to Put Your Monitor Higher and Hands Low
Most desk design still treats the flat surface as a given. Monitor, keyboard, notepad, and coffee all land on the same plane, and we adjust…
3 Brothers Finally Solved the LEGO Mess for £1,850
If you’ve ever stepped barefoot onto a LEGO brick at 2 a.m., you already understand the problem the Brickle was made to solve. But the…
The Children’s Bed Adults Keep Wishing Came in Their Size
Most children’s furniture falls into one of two camps: purely practical pieces that look like they belong in a hospital ward, or aggressively themed designs…