Furniture

From ThorxWiki

Awesome furniture ideas... ...the sort of thing to go into a DreamHouse

[edit] Bookcase ideas

A couple of good lists of many styles...

• http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/28/20-brilliant-bookcase-and-bookshelf-designs-creative-modular-and-unique-urban-furniture/
• http://writenowisgood.typepad.com/write_now_is_good/bookshelf_furniture/

Some of those styles in detail...

• ...made from tetris shaped blocks
  • http://www.bravespacedesign.com/products.php
  • http://www.hacknmod.com/displayMOD.php?hack=379
• ...made into a bed surrounds:
  • http://bestpicsaround.com/pic-967-Bookcase-Bedroom
  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/in-duce/sets/72157602270142788/
• ...made into staircase (steps and sides)
• Expandable
• Like a maze: http://www.destilat.at/html/furniture/ka_os.html
  • idea: behind this be the doorway to an ACTUAL maze, in the same layout as the bookcase maze! Amazing! hehe

• Obligatory library porn link: http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/hot_library_smut/
• And bookstore similar: http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/shopping/worlds-best-bookstores

[edit] Table ideas

Tables are furniture upon which things can sit. Usually more or less central to a room, though there are side tables and so on.

I have thoughts about tables...

• Fake top - to reveal storage space underneath
• multilevel - so small knicknacks can store without rolling away
• handles on the sides - for ease of moving (thanks Elizabeth)
• magazine rack on the side - for avoiding magazine clutter on coffee tables (also: thanks Elizabeth)
• Table which resizes when rotated. (TODO: youtube search this)
• EDP Netcom3 Lan furniture:
  • for example: http://www.afis-911-center.com/netcom2148pc.htm#NetCom3%2048%22
• http://www.kustom.biz/page1_14.php - from the guy who did the spiegeltent and was seen on the New Inventors

[edit] Other

• chair made up as Palpatines throne in Return of the Jedi
  • note the possibility of monitor and speakers embedded into overhang, and keyboard/mouse folding out of the armrests. Curtains which can roll down for ultimate privacy too
  • perhaps based on a wikipedia:Papasan chair internally?
  • or perhaps based on something like this? http://coolmaterial.com/home/x-rocker-wireless-pedestal-chair/
  • or other "audio rocker" type design
  • more: http://gizmodo.com/5015730/emperor-workstation-belongs-in-the-death-star-my-office
  • also: http://gizmodo.com/5043268/emperor-throne-only-lacks-button-to-fire-death-star-laser
• lamp made as per DS9 inspiration (nemo knows what he's talking about here). See also: Pipe Organ.
• entertainment cabinet made to accomodate rack-mountable equipment (see: RackCabinet)
• cushions... for a room of cushions, with barnyard doors. (not dissimilar to a room of plastic balls, but, imho, potentially cooler and comfier. Mix of both?)
  • http://www.baekdal.com/Design/Interior-Design/rock-cushions/
• oversize scrabble board as rug
  • ...with 100 smaller cushions as tiles! =)
  • (so: 15cm square cushion/tiles = 2.25m square board
• Doors
  • A musical door based on an African tongue drum: http://cubeme.com/blog/2009/04/02/melody-door-by-dominic-muren/
  • Some other doors from the same competition "a door to paradise" are interesting: http://www.designboom.com/contest/winner.php?contest_pk=7
    • notably the 'focus' (but would be better as a window?), and 'luna' doors
• http://www.designboom.com/ has other interesting competitions also
• cutlery: plain simple shape, minimal decoration = cleanest. Also, handles should be flat for haptic orientation. Handles which are ROUND, suck.
• http://www.bogenriefstudios.com/home.html - amazing glassword. dome lights for eg. wow!
• http://www.livbit.com/article/2009/01/04/unzip-the-zip-lamp/ -- unzip to reveal light
• http://www.duncanmeerding.com.au/ - organic designed furniture