outdoor

We all seem to covet our time in nature so it's only natural that these outdoor furnishings will make our lives not only easier, but more enjoyable. Even though it's winter now for most, take a swing back through the best of our outdoor finds that will make summer seem not that far off in the future.

The Netherlands-based design firm springtime has come up with a concept for outdoor speakers called OWL: Outdoor Wireless Listening. The wireless speakers are battery powered and equipped with Bluetooth technology so you can connect to your music.

Designed by Alessandro Di Prisco for the Italian urban furniture company Urbo, Air is a modular outdoor bench system that can be mixed up and customized for any space's needs.

There's nothing better than lounging by a pool or outside on your patio and, when the chairs are comfortable, there's no place I'd rather be. The lightweight and modular design of the Nomad collection, designed by Mark Gabbertas for Gloster, is perfectly named because the pieces can be moved anywhere and reconfigured to your heart's content.

French brand MIIING is all about keeping their designs simple while at the same time remaining functional. Head designer Laurent Minguet uses traditional methods to create the collection of sleek, modern furniture, like these three pieces that can work both indoors and out.

We all want to escape sometimes and have a few moments on our own and Micasa LAB's Cocoon 1 is a bubble-like pod that gives you the solitude you might long for with several modern conveniences you might not want to live without. Their goal was to create a piece of furniture that becomes a separate little world, or a room within a room - basically, a whole new space.

Lounging around is rough, right? Well, sometimes it can be when you're in one of those uncomfortable chairs made from hard wood. This curvy Outdoor Bean Bag Lounger from the New Zealand-based Lujo Living aims to change that. Remember how comfortable bean bag chairs were when we were kids? Here's an adult version for you to relax on while soaking up some sun.

Well known for their soft-sided vertical garden wall pockets, Woolly Pocket is back with their latest design, Living Wall Planter. The indoor/outdoor planter is made of a sturdy hard shell with its own self-watering tank with holes to distribute water to the roots when necessary.

Designed by Adrian Wu, Wen Han, and Rongxin Zhang, the Ingage Chair is meant to inspire the user to interact or to "engage" with nature. They've modified your average lounge chair to appear submerged underground making the user have direct contact with the ground.

With its simple house-shaped lines, the PICTO birdhouse references a pictogram of a three-dimensional home making it the perfect shelter for small birds. Designed by birds for design for the French company Qui est Paul?, it comes in a hanging version or on a pole to plant in the yard. It also comes in 17 super fun colors!

With every big box store and furniture brand coming out with outdoor furniture it's hard to find anything that doesn't look like your run-of-the-mill patio table and chairs. Luckily Duffy London launched an outdoor line for Encompass Furniture that's not just like your neighbors.

Inspired by fairytale houses in a forest that we all remember from various fables and stories as children, Autumn Products designed the Bungalow Outdoor Lights. Made of waterproof silicone, the adorable house-shaped lights glow with the help of a removable LED light on a base plate.