If this works as advertised, it will be quite the design coup. France-based designer Julien Vidame has posted a link for his Extendable Table, which amazingly doubles its length (and halves its thickness) by an unspecified action that rotates each individual slat comprising the tabletop surface. While Vidame claims a prototype is available, no video exists; all we have to go on is the tiny GIF file below.
Anyone want to venture a guess on how this works? (My first thought was magnets, but that probably wouldn't jive with metal tableware.)
Simple works on the same concept of a roll desk more than likely using linen tape to control individual slats as the move.
I call bullshit. This flaky gif has been making the rounds for years.
Good gosh. Where most people see bookcases as a handy place to store tomes, the anonymous gentleman behind Q-Line Design sees prime hidden storage space for assault rifles, handguns, knives and ammunition. Check out their SafeGuard Shelving System:(My first thought was "Does he have enough guns?" but as someone who...
There isn't anything particularly notable about Gonçalo Campos' latest project, the "Curvas" dining chair, except that I hope it's as comfortable as it is handsome. Yet the minimal form factor belies the crucial details behind the design:It's thin and sturdy structure is only possible thanks to great advances in computer...
"Hey pops, the times are a-changing," suggests the sparse website. "Gone are the days when you could impress the friends with your old oak rocking-chair."Enter the iRock: billed as the first-ever power-generating rocking chair, Zürich's Micasa Lab has updated the classic rocker with a tech twist: "As long as you...
Designer Rafael Cichy of Bochum, Germany, is pleased to present his latest project, "Thorax," an ultramodern modular media console. The three basic elements are each 52cm squares with a width of 8cm, made of 4cm-thick concrete, aligned as spaced-out segments of a rectangular table of variable length.O: for example, space...
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