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Ah... Where will the world of graffitti and illustration not invade? Check this set of two tables by Kinkyform. The top one is together with Chuck Anderson/No Pattern and the other one is with Zach Johnsen/Zenviroments. The premise was simple, to put ink and wood together where the furniture becomes the canvas for the artist. I like the use of cut out flat surfaces to form the table. Its simple and fits the concept perfectly plus you can sneak in some trendiness with the legs.

Whilst I don't think B&B Italia will be making furniture this way any time soon, its a nice little concept altogether and in my opinion much better executed than the Fifty24SF/Upper Playground furniture.

Via FeedMeCoolShit. 

My blog has been decidedly very black in recent times. This post adds another facet I suppose. That black gem above is really a chair designed by Thailand's Trimode Studio.

Seen on Reluct.

Two trips to Bangkok were enough to convince me that the Thais have a keen sense for design and you can see this everywhere you go, from the old buildings and clothing to the hippest design today. MoCo Loco points us to o-d-a or Object Design Alliance, an apt example of the design talent coming out of Thailand today. They designed that Grcic-esque stool above which is formed from a single sheet of aluminum. On their website you can check out a video showing the idea behind it all which is pretty cool.

This is an absolutely stunning chair by Louise Campbell for Italian furniture company Zanotta. very round is made of laser cut 2mm steel. Check out Campbell's other pieces as well, like her bille goes zen and honesty chairs, which are in a similar vein, only made out of ash wood.

Beautiful table by Rodrigo Torres for Domodinamica. Via designbeans.

Core77 via Inhabitat talk about Brent Comber's Shattered wood furniture. He chops up pieces of reclaimed wood to reform them into various pieces of furniture and this piece in particular is certainly drifting with the times.

Check out Klaus Aalto's hilarious storage cabinet! Take Out is composed of a cabinet with 9 slots into which you can place a suitcase. To access your underwear, just pull out the suitcase. No time to pack? Do it days in advance and bring the drawer with you! Klaus is part of Imu Design, which represents young Finnish design. By the looks of the site, there's lots of talent up there. Klaus also designed a piece called Stereo, which works as a table on the one hand, and if you tuck the legs away, a painting. Also check out Hook by Marko Nenonen, a simple light with a hook!

Found this off MoCo Loco. 

This table was seen off MoCo Loco, 7dv and then teejay's backsplash, last of which this photo was stolen. Its apparently a student piece from Emily Carr, an art, design and media institute and exhibited at the DV Urban Living Expo this year in Vancouver. Regardless, its a wonderful table and I only worry if it will undergo any warping. Anyway, you could apply this beautiful concept across a variety of materials.

MoCo Loco suggests that you check out Tokujin Yoshioka's latest chair. On his site (click on news), you can read up on his thought process and ideas behind the chair concept as well as how the chair was made. I love the photo sequence and how it tells the story, from the story at the beginning to the first chunk of fiber/foam to the detail shot of the fiber upclose. Anyway, his concept is about making a chair outta fibers so the weight is spread out throughout the entire structure, rather than the traditional say, wooden chair. The major difference is you end up with a chair which one can presume to be pretty lightweight, soft, yet firm enough to provide support. The final form probably doesnt look amazing but it is a tribute to the process and a statement of the technology and new method of manufacture, hence the rawness. Its also named after bread, for one its baked in a kiln and also how a bread is firm yet soft inside. The way the chair is made is kinda like bread. You introduce air into a structure to make it softer. Check out the pics of them "kneading" the chair into shape. I'm pretty certain each piece will not be entirely identical to another, which is all down to the handmade finish of the concept.

But please don't let me stop you from checking out more of his work like the Media Skin for au by KDDI or Stardust, the projector chandelier for Swarovski, just to mention a couple.

Giving new meaning to the word, Wiedenmann & Averdiek's Turntable appears to be an ordinary table until you flip it over! Great for messy people who can instantly make the place look a whole lot better with a quick flip. I'm somewhat suspicious of how often you actually do that but you can't deny the brilliance behind the idea.

Linked off MoCo Loco.