A resourceful furniture piece by Swedish designers Ingrid Svensson and Olle Wingard of the design company Minus Tio, My Crew is a table that is meant to be pieced together like panels for every usage imaginable.  The stark contrast is color and noticeably diagonal design is clearly meant to the more thoughtful, creative urban designers who are looking to add creative complementary accents to a contrasting space without burdening you with the process of matching color.  The My Crew could serve as really fun coffee tables, a creatively arranged urban dining table, interesting outdoor serving tables or accent tables for lamps or books in a bedroom.  Honestly, I think that these would be a resourceful, more contemporary accent for a child’s playroom or bedroom.  But hey, don’t let my preference limit your creativity.

 

Designed by Philippe Malouin the “Skid Row” will be part of his exhibition ‘unusual context’ for nextlevel gallery in paris. The chair is made from bent steel tubing, perforated birch balls, and elastic shock cord. When the user sits down, the wooden balls rearrange and contour the shape of his or her body. Philippe malouin’s work combines a certain element of humor, with both conceptual and functional language. To be honest when I first saw this piece of furniture I’ve thought that those balls are actually eggs.

 

 

Arguably one of the cooler chairs I’ve seen recently, Velichko Velikov’s Elaxa Chair is a fluid furniture piece that’s an amazing contemporary take on the classic Thonet bentwood chair designs.  Developed simply from bentwood and metallic joints, seat and base, the Elaxa Chair took the rules developed by classic Prague and Tivoli chairs and really mixed things up with layers of bentwood and the use of that amazing reflective metal.  Equally interestingly, the version of the Elaxa Chair developed from acrylic is a smart alternative that takes on a flair all its own for a completely different interior mood.  Despite their modern appearance, the bentwood Elaxa Chairs could equally be a fantastic counterpart to a heavy, bold dining arrangement or a bright and approachable kitchenette.