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What’s better than sprucing up your old folding chairs by adding your favorite Pantone hue? Not much, and thanks to Seletti the work has been done for you.

Pantone, the accepted standard for accurate color communication, has been a theme showing up on a lot of items lately. A little bit of designer humor mixes with what is actually a pretty cool looking design in these unique chairs. The Pantone Chairs come in 672 C pastel pink, 186 C ruby red, 377 C macaw green, 14-0848 mimosa, 268 C royal purple and 10 C cool gray. See more here.

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As a self-proclaimed coffee addict, I couldn’t resist sharing this unique concept design, in the hope that maybe someone out there would think it was as cool as I do. Designer Jung-Woo Lee has come up with a way to stay dry in the rain while still carrying your latte AND having a free hand. This umbrella features a convenient coffee-cup holder integrated right into the handle.

Rainy days just got a little bit better in my book!

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From the designers at Innovo comes the most interesting umbrella stand I’ve ever seen. That’s because this stand does more than hold your umbrella, it utilizes the water running of the umbrellas to help grow seeds through this matt’s tiny system of holds. While there are a lot of questions that come to mind like – What would you even do with this small amount of grass? and What happens when you live in a dry climate? – it’s still a pretty creative design. See more from Innovo >here.

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Its the same kind of question as “What is art?”. It’s all how you look at it. Garbage Upcycling Design uses materials from personal and corporate donations and repurposes them into modern design pieces. Everything from street signs to binders is used, creating completely unique pieces while extending the life cycle of each product.

Garbage Upcycling Design does more than find new uses for “garbage” though, it actually helps people find new kinds of work. Garbage’s staff includes twenty people, some welfare recipients and others adolescents who have recently completed drug therapy. They benefit from the creative experience, while participating in an occupational training program developed specifically for Garbage Upcycling Design. See more here.

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This unique table lamp, called Lior, was inspired by designer Jaim Telias’ childhood memories of playing with product packaging. Sometimes the packaging is more interesting than the product, and from that idea came Lior. Lior, which means “my light” in Hebrew, is a simple rectangular light. That is until you scratch it. Each mark personalizes it to make it different, while letting more and more light shine through.

Lior is made of polystyrene. See more here.

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Outdoor furniture like you’ve never seem before, Queen of Love takes an ornate, traditional look and makes it both modern and appropriate for outdoor use. In addition its bold design and colors, light passes through its prism like structure producing a rainbow of colors.

Queen of Love is the work of Graziano Moro and Renato Pigatti. Both originally worked in fashion, an experience which can be clearly seen in this highly stylized collection of chairs. Perhaps the best thing about these chairs is how unexpected they look outdoors. Still, I am a fan. See more here.

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NETwork transforms two dimensional embroidery into pop-up furniture objects. The new design project by Studio Aisslinger combines high tech technologies and traditional stitching techniques into the captivating collection you see here. Perfectly put on its website,  ”…design evolution is always a matter of empirical experiment, materials and technology – for this exhibition we worked with a hidden traditional stitching textile technology which we transformed into a 2D-to-3D-furniture pop-up concept..”

So how is it done? The volumes are translated with software into two dimensional projections of themselves that can be programmed into machines that stitch the pattern into a carrying surface. The surface is then dissolved and the embroidered 2d patterns becomes a 3d object. The shapes formed by the stitched honeycomb structures are fitted over fiberglass molds and injected combined with resin to make them rigid and stable. The result is the unique collection you see here.

Find out even more about how it’s done at Studio Aisslinger’s website.

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When I saw this great giveaway this morning I couldn’t wait to share it with all of you. Our friends at Inmod are giving away (yes, for free!) a ball chair! And entering is so easy there’s really no excuse not to. All you have to do is “Like” Inmod on Facebook which you can do here or join their email newsletter Inmod In You Inbox here. Then just keep your fingers crossed cause this is one cool prize!

The ball chair is summer-themed with a yellow shell and green fabric interior. It’s valued at over $1000! You can enter until June 1 at midnight and one lucky winner will be chosen on the 4th. Check out all the details at Inmod’s Giveaway Page.

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The movie Avatar has gotten a lot of attention this year, and everywhere you went someone seemed to be talking about it. One place I didn’t expect Avatar to have a strong influence, though, was in the furniture sector. Well, turns out Avatar has made its mark here too.

While it beginnings might be kind of odd, this Atan is actually a really cool looking lamp. It features a modular design with one or three fixtures, and additional modules can easily be added by plugging into an empty socket on the base. The more modules you add, the brighter Atan gets. Plugs and sockets are perfectly fitted to create a solid connection, and the plugs can be easily released by pressing the two buttons on their sides simultaneously.

The Atan’s fixtures are attached to the lamp’s arm with flexible necks. The fixture itself is formed by wrapping a LED light set along a twisted wire. See more from Atan’s designer Anton Kozhevnikov here.

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Binary code may be useful, but creative is not a word usually associated with it. The Notus Chair challenges that, though, with its high-tech look inspired by none other than binary code.

The Notus Chair’s design is created from a sole laser-cut steel plate, which is then folded into the shape of the chair. In addition to its unique inspiration, this chair is also intriguing because no hardware is used in its construction. This give it a visually light appearance, while also making its production simple. See more here.

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