A chair inspired by the Brothers Grimm tale Little Red-Cap aka Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf Within appears to have a wolf-shaped shadow that is actually a faux fur rug.
Peter Bristol’s clever Cut Chair has a metal plate (concealed by carpet) with a cantilevered seat and 3 well placed leg “stumps” to make the chair look like it has just been magically sliced apart.
Christopher Daniel’s unusual, but comfy looking chair is made from 59 individual components, held together by powerful magnets. When not in use, it can be turned into a solid cube.
Behold, the armored throne: Aodh O Donnel’s Armadillo Chair resembles the leathery hide of its mammalian cousins, albeit with hand-bolted laminate chips over a fiberglass frame.
Mixing mid century modern with modern minimalism, the Sonic Chair takes the classic bubble chair and turns it into a mini-office with 20″ touchscreen iMac on a pivoting arm.
They only exist as renders, but we hope Erick Sakal’s Another Long Chair gets made; the organic, segmented design an anodized aluminum slats put cheap patio furniture to shame.
Judson Beaumont’s ingenious chair design removes the excess bulk under the seat and arms, turning it into storage, and personalizing the look. It took over 600 pieces of CNC-cut birch to construct it.
Korean designer Song Seung-Yong has created the whimsical Objet-O, a birch chair with an oversized paper lampshade and light, which evokes the privacy and coziness of a bird’s nest.
It’s not as magical as this chair, but Christian Desile’s creations is still a design marvel. When folded, it’s a mere 0.8in thick, meaning you can stack 100 chairs in just 7ft of space.
The foldable Koi deck chair from confused-direction design is a simple polypropelene construction; the lines are milled into a single sheet which transforms into comfortable, lightweight seating.