Futuristic organism or chair?
Millipede is a stool/chair created by Michael Samoriz of Umbra Design that’s kind of jellyfish-like. He explains that it’s a “symbiosis of cyberpunk and bionics” and inspired by the look of “Dron” guardians from The Matrix trilogy.
Much of what we do here at Design Milk is source the newest and coolest products to hit the shelves and design fairs. This year’s batch of home furnishings are innovative, cool, and highly covetable. From a hauntingly beautiful carafe to an über-practical seating system, we bring you the best accessories we found.
Sculptural Bike Storage
Quarterre designed three sculptural bike storage solutions –- Hood, Branchline, and Shadow –- to support everyday life on two wheels. The pieces are not only useful and good-looking, they elevate the bike to a work of art.
Karpett is a bench, cot, chair, and mat all rolled into one. Literally. Parisian company 5.5 Designers Studio looks to have modeled this piece of multi-tasking flooring (seating, bedding) on a tape dispenser. Black electrical tape to be exact. Still, it’s pretty darn cute, not to mention useful. And we love the leather belt straps that keeps it neatly rolled up.
The results of the five-day design workshop called Nowa Forma, or “New Form,” that took place in Swarzedz, Poland earlier this fall proves that with talent and teamwork great things can happen. Over the course of five days, four teams comprised 16 designers, plus participants from four companies designed and manufactured four distinct pieces of furniture.
Julie Pieda is the founder behind the small Australian-based Koush Design. The firm designs interiors, furniture, and objects, all designed and made locally. They have developed a line of modern and quirky furniture that includes the Plateau Sofa and the Grate Sideboard.
UnPølished is a series of experimental furniture by Dik Scheepers created for Toegepast 16 at Z33. Made of papercrete, an experimental material made from discarded paper and cement, and whitewood, the furnishings resemble building blocks used to create houses.
Flip Series by Daisuke Motogi for sixinch JAPAN was launched at Designtide Tokyo 2011. Flip is named after the fact that this seating can be changed by simply flipping the chair over. The chairs go from a high-back to a low seat, a stool to a deep seat chair, and the rocker can change into a lounge chair with arm rest in a few seconds. The chair is made of urethane that is light enough that a child can flip the chair without any help.
David Fox launched the Magic stool for Boss Design, a seating element in the shape of a mushroom. Inspired by fungi, the stool is both fun and functional with a sturdy steel base and an upholstered top. I would love to see an entire room of these in random shapes and sizes, mimicking how mushrooms behave in nature.
Metro is a seating collection designed by Italian designer Luca Nichetto for Italian company Emmegi. I’m drawn to the two tones of the seat – usually I am not a big fan of two-tone seating but this is appealing.
