We have always been enticed by the realm of multi-functional furniture items. But as the design trend over the years tend to show – combining the aspect of purpose and the essence of aesthetics is not always an easy job. Fortunately, the above pictured Lie Chair hand-made by Andrei Pop, …
We are not exactly uninitiated, when it comes to the realm of multi-functional furniture. But in accordance with the trend, most of these furniture items are conceived for household spaces, like living rooms. However, Chaise Renversée (or the Reversed Chair) from architect and designer Pierre-Louis Gerlier, brings the multi-purpose scope …
The realm of burgeoning apartments have yet another savior in the form of the SOFISTA, a modular furniture system from designer Fabrizio Simonetti. We call it a ‘system’ because of the collective nature of the design that entails its capacity to transform into various items like a sofa, an armchair, a chaise …
The essence of multi-functionality is not just defined by the usability of a furniture item. The scope is further related to how the said furniture (being a show-piece) projects itself in different interior spaces. In other words, there should also be a multi-faceted side to a design’s aesthetics; and the …
Using minimalism as the front, the Private Desk (by Danish designer Theresa Arns) has more ‘mysteries’ than that meets the eye. Fluently showcasing a white oiled ash wood structure complemented by grey powder-coated steel components, the furniture item espouses subtlety of the highest degree. But within the seemingly pristine embodiment, …
Purely in terms of physical and mathematical denominations, the grid and a module is very akin to each other. In fact, in many ways a cubic module can be viewed as three dimensional representation of a 2D grid. Designer (and Royal College of Art graduate) Yin Chang comprehends this structural …
Those who have had the fortune of watching the recently released ‘The Lego Movie’ might remember the protagonist’s invention of the ‘loft sofa’ with two storeys. Well, Swiss designer Till Könneker in collaboration with Remo Zimmerli, treads a similar path with their fascinatingly collective design of the aptly named Living …
The advantage of spatial efficiency should not come at the cost of comfort – this is the dictum aptly followed by the fascinatingly designed Laska, a multi-functional furniture specimen from designer Eugenio Bicci. Proudly exhibiting its gorgeously red color scheme, the ‘chair’ according to the designer, has been envisioned for people …
