Kagen Schaefer spent three years crafting a pipe organ desk, which is solid wood construction “down to the last screw”.
It features an octave of functional wooden organ pipes. Should you play the correct sequence of notes or tune, a secret compartment opens up.
When you push in a drawer on the desk the air is directed to one of the organ pipes at the front of the desk, sounding a note. Some of the air is also directed into a pneumatic logic board. The logic board within the desk actually keeps track of the notes played. When it picks up the correct tune it unlocks a very special secret compartment. The logic board, can be reprogrammed to pick up any tune, so at any time the song may be changed to a new tune. It is powered entirely by air, and it is made entirely from solid wood.
Hidden in the desk are many other puzzles and secret compartments storing clues and scraps of information for anyone on a quest to play the correct song. This project has been an odyssey for me. I am refreshed to be nearing the end a long journey, having learned a lifetime of skills along the way.
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In his quest for a perfect computer desk and chair, Ron Bean decided to forgo the furniture store route and simply build them himself:
The structure is a little haphazard because I was making it up as I went along. I had planned to make all the angles adjustable, but when I found an angle that seemed right, it turned out to be exactly 30 degrees, so I drilled some holes and bolted it in place. Next time I’ll start with that, and the structure will look more like I planned it that way…
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French design company TABISSO, who focuses on contemporary lounge furniture, has created a series of typography chairs that cover every letter of the alphabet, as well as the numbers 0 to 9. Each chair is custom made, giving the clients the opportunity to select Kvadrat fabric or leather upholstery, a veneered beech wood, lacquered black or white wooden shell, and lacquered, black or white footing. In addition, they can customize each model to fit your interior, corporate identity or logo. A series of lamps in the shapes of 20 different punctuation marks are also available.
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This “Cut Chair” by designer Peter Bristol has a leg to stand on… and that’s all it needs, thanks to a hidden support structure. Check out the image after the break, which will help you make sense of it.
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Inspired by the “dream within a dream” concept from the film Inception, design student Vivian Chiu created chairs within a chair – ten to be exact – all of which nest together using tabs and slots. Check out some additional photos after the break.
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Since the office atmosphere is usually synonymous with dictatorial oppression, it was only a matter of time before someone gave the obligatory workplace instructional posters an appearance similar to that of retro communist propaganda. These posters by artist Steve Thomas are available for purchase in shades of red or blue. Check out some additional examples after the break.
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As you can see, Benjamin Rollins Caldwell of BRC Designs created these “Binary Chairs” using old computer parts.
“The Understucture for both the Binary Chair 01 and Binary Chair 02 are made from the same outdated industrial printer which was disassembled and then riveted together and bent to the proper form. The surfaces of the chairs are completely covered with a collage of motherboards, computer chips, lcd screens and hard drive disks held in place by sheet metal screws.The chair also has an interactive quality as the hard drive disks can be spun, the telephone keys and other buttons can be pressed, and the antennae raised and adjusted. The Binary Chair 01 also has a glass panel showing the inside of the chair which can be revealed by removing the back seat cushion.”
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Using a fairly simple set of wooden mechanics, this walking table by Wouter Scheublin can produce a natural walking motion as it is pushed across the floor. However, it only moves in one direction, and turning it or moving it lengthwise is out of the question.
The Walking Table is available in an extremely limited run of 8 pieces from Priveekollektie. You can check out a video of the table in action after the break.
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Next time winter rolls around, you can take your mind off the bitter cold, short days and gray ugliness of the season by replacing it with the beauty and warmth of this “Speak” workstation from the Biocamino collection, which offers a fireplace built right into the tabletop. When not in use, the table will hide the hearth in its belly, allowing “Speak” to serve as a working table.
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This “Binary Table 01″ was created by BRC Designs using nothing but outdated, discarded electronics, including old computer towers and circuit-boards – even the glass tabletop was salvaged from an abandoned warehouse. However, it all comes together to offer a functional piece of nerd decor:
the disks spin, buttons click and sliders, well, slide—reverting digital to analog and nicely complementing the inside-out effect.
BRC Designs will be exhibiting at the upcoming ICFF in May, hopefully this amazing table will be part of the show.
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