Furniture

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Designer: Misaki Kiyuna Work: Stool Classification: Furniture

Hotaru

Hotaru is a reading chair with integrated lighting. The light stand also serves as a backrest, and the light falls on the hands of the person seated. The lamp turns on and off in the dark in response to people nearby. The position of the lighting can be adjusted back and forth. Hotaru is assembled from four parts, a seat, feet, a stand and a lighting unit, without metal fittings. The laminated plywood of the seat is left visible to show the warmth of the wood. Placed beside a bed, Hotaru also works as a side table and a lamp. The design suits homes with little space.

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Designer: Qi An Work: Folding Table Classification: Furniture

Sofan

By combining user culture and behavior, the traditional Soban's functional and aesthetic elements are redesigned to fit the modern life culture, and new materials and technologies are used to develop and produce the products. By conforming to the changes in people's behavioral characteristics in different periods, furniture that lasts for a long time is timeless and can also realize the sustainable development of furniture design and use.

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Designer: Cameron Smith Work: Folding Chair Classification: Furniture

Crisscross

Crisscross is a folding chair designed for everyday use. Most folding chairs are lightweight and made for temporary use, and they give up quality and comfort. Crisscross offers flexible seating without sacrificing quality. The chair folds so it can be stored or moved to another room. A geared mechanism concealed within the back leg creates a synchronized motion between the seat and the legs. No linkages are visible, so the form stays simple. When folded, the whole chair nests within the front legs. The frame is made of bent sheet steel with steam bent wood inlays.

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Designer: Eva Liu - MOOOMA Work: furniture Classification: Furniture

Lens Series

Lens Series is a furniture collection inspired by the convex lens. The collection includes a screen, a floor lamp, a table lamp, a vase, an armchair, a coffee table, a side table, a bench and a chair. Two complementary colored acrylics divide light and shadow. Frosted and transparent finishes are combined, so the colors shift with the incoming light. The metal parts are made of fingerprint-resistant stainless steel and are polished by hand. The metal parts are inlaid with beveled joints, which limits the use of adhesives and keeps each piece stable.

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Designer: Jan Goderis Work: Coffee Table Classification: Furniture

Bend

The table is made of two bent aluminium plates which fit together. When put together, the plates extend all the way to the legs. This gives a certain transparency and lightness to the design and vertical storage is created for magazines, newspapers, and plaid. In between the two top plates, there is also the possibility of storage on both sides of the table.

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Designer: ChungSheng Chen Work: Bench Classification: Furniture

Chopstikbench

Made from 37.800 pairs of recycled disposable chopsticks, which equivalent to the chopsticks used in three night-markets per day in Taiwan. Every single piece of chopstick was placed intertwine and glue with non-toxic adhesive, and CNC cutting take into shape with a weight load capacity up to 300kg. Smooth line of an arc progressively hollow out designed that spread from inside out corresponded the outline rounded in shape, organic styling that visually elegant. Suitable for street furniture or lobby reception furniture making the disposable chopsticks to be reshaped and create new values.

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Designer: Tzu Wei Lin Work: Furniture Classification: Furniture

The Fortunate Ruyi Chair

The Fortunate Ruyi Chair is a chair inspired by the Ruyi motif, a traditional Chinese symbol of good fortune. A classic chair shape forms the structural basis and is combined with a simplified Ruyi pattern. The pattern is duplicated and flipped, then overlapped and fused to form a curved seat and legs. Irregular curved lines, inner curves and outer tips create a sense of flow and an asymmetrical balance. The chair measures 500 mm in width, 600 mm in depth and 500 mm in height. Traditional culture is joined with modern aesthetics.

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Designer: Grégoire Gurtner Work: Wall Seat Classification: Furniture

Wall O

Wall-O is a smart and elegant wall capsule. At home, in the office or in a waiting room, it serves as a kind cocoon which protects you from noise and prying eyes. Thanks to its recycled PET envelope and its eco-friendly textile interior of the highest quality, Wall-O is environmentally friendly. Its radical and minimalist lines are studied with the aim to offer the ideal space to feel comfortably settled and to be able to free one's mind and feel safe.

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Designer: Alexandre Caldas Work: Dining Table Classification: Furniture

Herringbone

Herringbone is a dining table inspired by the structure of leaves and by the aim of removing what is superfluous. The internal structure stays visible, and the simple silhouette is fully exposed. The table is made of certified American solid wood with a natural oil finish, and measures 2500 by 1000 by 750 millimetres. Traditional woodworking techniques and the skills of master craftsmen are used, with as little glue as possible. The two large tops are shaped by hand. The table can be taken apart in three parts, yet behaves as a single piece.

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Designer: Freestyle Outdoor Living Co.,Ltd Work: Table Classification: Furniture

Triangle

Digital design, a dynamic design style, pursuing uncertainties, can create a huge amount of variate by logical algorithm, as well as interact with human.Growth is a structural form with strong vitality.designer tried to grow a table like a tree. It has an irregular desktop, which is made by Medium Density Fiberboard, and hold up intricate and branch like steel legs. Besides, users can arrange tables into different kind of patterns with mathematical logic. It is used in an open office or coffee shop to make the space more rhythmic. Curve desktop facilitates communication.

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Designer: Wei Jingye / 魏靖野 Work: Leisure Chair Classification: Furniture

Waterfall

Waterfall is a leisure chair designed for use in offices and for everyday relaxation. The flowing form is inspired by the Triberg Waterfall in Germany and by the hollow structure of old trees. Interlocking joints connect the legs to the seat, supporting the load and shaping the appearance. The backrest and the seat follow the curve of the human waist, and two symmetrical undulations on the seat surface improve comfort. The chair is made of European walnut. The organic form is milled by computer-controlled machines, and the surfaces are sanded by hand.

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Designer: Takusei Kajitani Work: Dining Table Classification: Furniture

Consentable MT

This is the multi-purpose table with wiring functions. It has wiring grooves on all four legs and six drawers with wiring functions under the tabletop, allowing users to store OA taps in any of the drawers for beautiful wiring without cluttering the tabletop with electrical codes. The narrow gaps for wiring is provided at the front of all the drawers, allowing users to work with their PCs while connected and energized on the tabletop. This dining table is versatile for both eating and working, making it the family hangout.

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