furniture

Sumo Lounge Omni beanbags: good for gaming?

9:46AM Seamus Byrne | The folks at Sumo Lounge sent out some Omni beanbags recently for review. For the Gizmodo opinion you can check out what Nick had to say over there (he liked it). I thought I’d go for the gaming perspective and see just how versatile and comfortable a beanbag could be as an all purpose gaming seat. When this thing arrived, I have to admit I was shocked. The pictures don’t quite convey how industrial the nylon skin really looks — this ain’t the old velour or corduroy style beanbag I remember from the ’80s. It’s also shaped more like a giant pillow than a traditional beanbag, which made it hard to grasp how it would work for anything other than lying down. So at first glance the question was “THAT is meant to be comfortable? No way.” But it is! For best results, I found sitting it up square on its seam made comfortable seating work like a charm. But by flipping it around in a variety of ways, you could get comfortable for doing different things. More »

Pac-Man? Sit On Pouf-Man

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Slipping right under Namco Bandai’s legal radar (until right now, we guess), Italian designer QAYOT has made this Pac-Man-like seat. Covered in a stain resistant coated fabric, the Pouf-Man doesn’t eat pellets like its gaming counterpart but a square cushion. It’s also not yellow. And that’s what people think when they hear Pac-Man: Pellets and yellow. Well, that’s what we always think. Always. Pouf-Man [QAYOT via technabob via Inspire me, now! via CribCandy via Home Tome] More »

Your PlayStation 2 Trash Becomes Furniture Treasure

11:00AM Michael McWhertor | With over 140 million PlayStation 2s walking the earth, surely their must be one or two that have broken down. Maybe even three. Possibly even more than that, as there are apparently enough to establish a product made from recycled PS2s. UK based Pli Design is taking advantage of all those unwanted consoles with its Reee chair, which features 100% recycled PlayStation 2 plastic. Sound familiar? It might, as we wrote about Pli’s PlayStation product last year. Seems Pli is just getting around to “launching” it next week. If you’re worrying about compromising “environmental credentials”, look no further than the Reee. You’ve never sat this green before. Recycled PlayStation®2 chair is a UK first [Pli] More »

This Coffee Table Thinks It’s An NES Controller

9:40AM Michael McWhertor | How cute! We love it when furniture has delusions of gaming hardware. Well, the joke’s on us, because this particular coffee table does triple duty, storage gobs of video game paraphernalia and functioning as a working NES controller in addition to its coffee tabling duties. Creator Kyle tipped us off today to let us know the whole thing is finished, with helpful how-to posts and video of the thing in action embedded within the celebratory completion post. He even got a girl to go near it and she doesn’t look scared. Nice goin, Kyle! NES coffee table FINAL POST!! RAH!!!! [Ultra-Awesome] More »

Tetris Shelves: Modular Furniture Never Looked So Good

4:30AM Maggie Greene | We mentioned one form of Tetris shelves from New York’s Brave Space Design a few years ago; but there are several options you may have missed if you saw these beauties way back when. While the regular open work shelves don’t have a price listed (’Contact us for a quote!’ is rarely a good sign for your wallet), you can get the colourful “flat” set for a mere $US 1500 per 10 blocks or the lovely bamboo version for $US 2000 per 10 blocks. Despite the expense and the fact that Tetris-inspired bookshelves would clash horribly with my decor, I think my books would look fabulous nestled in these creative, if pricey, shelving units. Tetrad Shelving [Brave Space Design] More »

Pixel Couch Is Perfect For Gamer Swass

6:40AM Mark Wilson | Usually we opt to pitch you funny blankets from Etsy, but today we thought we’d present a product for the perusal of our readership with, how shall we say this politely, a job more expendable income. By Danish manufacturer Kvadrat, the Pixel Couch (the name should be self-explanatory) is a sort of gaming room dream seat. Sure, the lack of full back pillow coverage could become irksome, but you’ve got to learn to sacrifice for your art. We couldn’t spot the price online, but assume you have to sacrifice a bit for your purchases, too. Pixel Couch [thecoolhunter] More »