This unusual table is made entirely from alder branches collected at Brittania Beach, outside Vancouver. The designer dries the branches, fastens them together in rows with nails and glue, and then carves the resulting piles into stunning cubic shapes. The combination of organic materials and geometric lines gives this furniture its dynamic aesthetic. Alder is a renewable resource which grows all over the coasts of Comber's native British Columbia.
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This is a gorgeous coffee table -- a cross section of branches.
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Constructed from recycled West Elm packaging materials and catalogs, the objects were auctioned off in a silent auction with all the proceeds going to the Cooper Hewitt Museum, a museum devoted to historic and contemporary design. These one-of-a-kind cardboard furnishings crafted by acclaimed designer and event producer David Stark.
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This design, by Brooklyn company Brave Space, is intended for "Life-size play", and the blocks really do have the exact proportions of the original Tetris pieces. The storage units are sold piece by piece, so you can buy as many as you want and arrange them however you want.
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Marie-Louise Gustafsson specializes in creating interior designs that fuse utility and humor. Recently shown at the Salone Satellite furniture fair in Milan, the Stockholm-based designers unusual creation, Table of Trash quirkily references the relationship between the workstation and the waste-basket by introducing an element of fun into an activity that one would normally consider completely mundane. The slide-like table top allows one to literally push those useless papers to the side and straight into the bin forgoing the loathsome task of crumpling and searching under your desk for that bin.
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Not sure how comfy, but it sure looks cool. Aswoon is a collaborative arts and architectural installation company started by Susan Woods in 2003.
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