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Los Wixarika Furniture Collection Inspired By Religious Beliefs

Tropel is a brand that intends on challenging and bridging perceptions of traditional Mexican culture to contemporary art. In collaboration with talented artist, Maurilio Renteria, the Los Wixarika collection is the embodiment of Mexican culture meeting functional art. The series of artful furniture assumes surreal shapes, bold colors, and imbues its setting with humor, and...

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Broached Monsters Furniture Based On Creatures Of Folklore

Australian designer Trent Jansen has created a collection of furniture shaped to resemble scaly and hairy monsters from his country’s myths. The pieces, which are a collaboration between Jansen and local studio Broached Commissions, blend characteristics of folkloric creatures, as well as real-life animals such as spiny caterpillars. Jansen referenced the prickly body of the...

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Savage Furniture Series Wrapped With Cowhide Leather Threads

South Korean designer Jay Sae Jung Oh has added new additions to her ‘savage series’ with a series of black edition pieces. Discarded mass manufactured objects, which are the main material for the series, conspicuously transforms the product into an unexpected fresh form with detailed handcraft value. These two conflicting aspects make a statement about...

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Interactive Furniture That Communicates With Their Users

Netherlands-based designer Juno Jeon has created two pieces of furniture that aim to bring ordinary objects to live, by making them interact and communicate with their users. ‘Pull me to live’ is a drawer that has a special skin: when the drawer is closed, it just sits there, showcasing its fancy skin. When it is...

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Carapace Furniture Collection With Hard Metal Exterior

Carapace is a scientific term used to define a protective, decorative or camouflaging shell found on the back of animals such as beetles and turtles. This notion inspired the furniture series by Maarten Baas that consists of an armchair, desk, cupboard, small and wide cabinet, each of these pieces is characterized by a patchwork of...

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Unique Furniture Made Of Real Wood And Stones

Alcarol has just launched a fantastic furniture collection that has a strong wow factor. Bricola are tables made of oak logs from the Venetian lagoon, and he interior of the logs remain untouched, leaving a striking contrast between life and decay. Dolomyth utilizes stone from the Dolomites to create a set of stools that resemble...

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Hospitality Trend: 20 Cool Tea Trolleys For Your Home

Going to have guests or organize a cool party? Then a tea trolley will be of service for you, and though you may say that it’s a bit old-fashioned, it’s not so because tea trolleys are making a great comeback now. The versatile drinks cart has been redesigned and reinvented by some of the world’s...

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Wood And Resin Furniture Inspired By Self-Healing Trees

MANUFRACT creates handcrafted furniture out of broken pieces of wood which is form filled with an eco resin to establish its final shape. The collection was inspired by the process that trees go through when they self-heal as they naturally release resin to fix the wound. Here the resin fills in all of the cracks...

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19th Century Furniture With High Technologies Inside

There are not many designers who could take the concept of a 19th-century writing desk and turn it into a modern-day soldering station with a built-in computer. Wanna look at it? Here it is, a piece called Tempel, a combination storage unit, soldering station and computer workstation by Love Hultén. The integration of electronic equipment...

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Sustainable Mid-Century Modern Wood Furniture Collection

Remembering that “wood comes from trees” is the reigning motto of new Spanish furniture brand, Ventura. It is a daily reminder for them, and for consumers, that we have a responsibility to the environment. For Ventura, sustainability and leaving a smaller environmental footprint means they only source wood from forests with sustainable management certifications. They...

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