French artist Thomas de Lusssac knows how to appreciate nature, as is evident with his stunningly innovative furniture project titled Racine Carré. Meaning ‘square root’, this spectacular wooden table stands on a halved tree stump on one side and a smaller, polished leg on the other. Raw and roughly polished, the stump radiates strength and…
Winter is just around the corner. With this nifty Japanese invention, however, you won't ever have to fear the cold again! Known as kotatsu, this multi-functional furniture item consists of a blanket wrapped around a low table, with a heat source situated conveniently on the underside. Tucked inside the blanket, the user can keep himself or…
Here at HEXAPOLIS, we applaud daring of all kinds, be it in design, architecture or even in the complex world of science. For instance, who said that a table should always have a flat, even surface? Previously, we talked about ‘Transform’, an MIT-developed interactive tabletop with impressive shape-shifting capabilities. Refusing to conform to prevailing design…
A Japanese feat involving 3 Olympic fencers against 50 'noobs' went viral - and quite rightly so! Well, this time around, the same levels of glorious achievement can be showcased by ping-pong experts, courtesy of the donut-shaped Ping Pong Table designed by Singaporean artist Lee Wen. As one can comprehend from the above image, the…
When French architectural studio, Atelier JMCA, was given the task of furnishing a small restaurant, in Paris, the firm's design team came up with an incredibly creative solution for its space-related problems. Instead of a bulky table, that takes up most of the available floor space, the innovators, at Atelier JMCA, created an ingenious, prism-shaped bar that doubles…
Remember the gloriously tantalizing fluorescent lollipops, by confectioner Verde Matcha, that emanate a bright blue glow when placed under UV light? Well this time around, Instructables team member Mike Warren brings us a stunning glow-in-the-dark table, constructed using pecky cypress boards and photo-luminescent resin. Beautifully minimalist in design, the Glow Table contains a particular chemical that…
In the past, we have talked about terraformed furniture, with unique green pockets planted with mosses and other smaller plants. But the Bromelia Table, crafted by Spanish designer Dan Gestoso Rivers, is a completely self-sustainable furniture system in itself. Apart from acting as a planter for your home-grown shrubs, this innovative coffee table produces its…
With the increasingly rapid pace of modern life, the need for compact, lightweight and multi-functional furniture, that are convenient as well as comfortable, is greater than ever before. Keeping that in mind, Germany-based design and furniture brand Casulo has created the "room-in-a-box", an innovative take on conventional furniture products, that actually facilitates the concept of mobile…