Lo-Fi Sofa by Christiane Högner. Made me smile and want to take a nap.

would like to introduce you to an old friend that kept trying to take over earth but retired and became a couch ; – )

The Space Invader Couch is basically a space invader turned in to a couch, a very fashionable and hard to pass by couch. The couch is all leather, with two glass surfaces. Although it might look uncomfortable it’s actually really soft, mainly lined and made with memory foam. Plus this is something different from a conventional couch.

via Igor Chak

Let me introduce you to this lovely, organic chair. I say organic because of the aesthetic of the whole thing. Look at it! Or rather, look at them, there’s more than one. This is the “Zeren Chair” designed by Njegos Lakic of Belgrade. The Zeren Chair is characterized by it’s low weight, thin structure, and high hardness. Each of these chairs is made of magnesium and wood and magic. It reminds me rather of something the master surrealist artist H.R. Giger would make.

A lot less scary, though, thank goodness.

These chairs would look severely amazing in something like a modern art gallery, modern collectable toy store, design office, anything like that. Probably not for your living room…

An all-around wicked and beautiful looking chair, I must say.

Designer: Njegos Lakic

Fifty years ago, Verner Panton designed the first single mold plastic chair with a curvaceous profile called the Panton chair. Since then it has become one of the most recognizable and classic designs to date. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic design, Vitra UKheld a design competition among its clients to customize a Panton chair. The only criteria was that the finished product must be movable by one man.

Judging the competition were Terence Conran, Kevin McCloud and Charles Saatchi. The 31 entrants produced unique and diverse results ranging from the understated to the dramatic, making it difficult to decide on a winner. However, ultimately the judges awarded the first place to Jump Studios, an architecture and design company based in London. Their design (above) was a cat’s cradle that takes on the curvy shape of the original.

Taking second place was Ben Adams Architects, who created holes on the surface, creating a delicate, lace-like pattern.

Maris Interiors LLP took third. They sliced up the Panton chair to make a sculptural structure that resembles a skeleton.

The winners were announced at an exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery on July 1, 2010 and sold in an auction in aid of Shelter.

See all 31 chairs on Vitra’s Facebook page.

Photos by  Nicole Bachmann.

Declaring “the end of the dictatorship of plastic”, Chair_One marks a new direction for Magis. Swivel chair with self-returning mechanism and seat in die-cast aluminum that has been treated with sputtered fluorinated titanium and painted in polyester powder. The concrete base is painted transparent clear. Chair_One is flame retardant and suitable for outdoor use. Available in Red, White or Anthracite.

Designed by Ken Okuyama for Tendo Co., Ltd., the Orizuru chair was inspired by origami paper cranes. The chair won a product design Red Dot award for 2010.

Graphic designer Roeland Otten (who has a killer website btw) had an idea back when he was in school at Design Academy Eindhoven: to make communicative seating. Almost 10 years later, he’s finally fulfilled this dream with help from Fonds BKVB and Materiaalfonds. This prototype alphabet of chairs and stools consists of all 26 letters made from lacquered MDF. Right now, they’re being produced one-off as limited editions, but we hope he’ll find a manufacturer soon to make plastic versions.

Here’s a look at the new first-class cabin of Lufthansa’s new A380 planes by London industrial designers Priestmangoode.

The new designs were unveiled today in Frankfurt and feature leather, suede, wood and marble-effect laminate.

Priestmangoode have also designed new business and economy class cabins, to be retrofitted across all Lufthansa long-haul flights from next year.

New series of divine collection / ventury paris

The Cordova Cubes can be used as seats, side tables or foot stools. Portable and beautiful in modern outdoor spaces. Woven from rehau cord and fully UV resistant and weatherproof. Select from Antique Natural, Mocha and Whitewash finishes.