Ufuk Keskin and Efecem Kutuk’s folding chair concept design pares down the elements of a chair to their basic levels.

Beyond IKEA’s continued allegiance to its core premise of offering affordable, well-designed furniture and household goods, they have maintained creative efforts to evolve their marketing and peripheral services around this central hub.
Useful services such as their bike-sharing program in Denmark, car sharing in France and their free water taxi in New York offer innovative ways to help their customers more easily access their stores. By making it as easy as possible to buy their products, IKEA closes the gap between intent and purchasing.
Lesson for Business:
Take a wider view of the shopping experience, making each step along the path to purchase [...]

An innovative technology company specializes in indoor and outdoor furniture pieces that contain fires that burn without smoke.

Working in the fields of architecture, landscape, interior and furniture design, Ryuji Nakamura of Japan fuses all his skills in the Hechima 5. Made of paper, this delicate looking sitting device works equally well as a minimalistic, abstract garden gnome.
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Curbly points us to the ingenious Miesrolo Chair, designed by Uros Vitas. It’s made out of a series of wood slats that are attached to a synthetic elastomer. It’s all put together in such a way that the cantilevered chair supports the weight of an adult sitting on it, but can also be rolled up into a compact shape for storage.
[via Curbly]

Droog, Amsterdam’s stable of rebel designers, open a new store in NYC today. PSFK stopped by last night for a preview of the new shop on Greene Street in Soho. The two story space has the Droog shop on the ground floor and a curated exhibition space in the basement. The shop contains a collection of new and iconic product and furniture pieces from Droog designers and artists.
The store interior was planned by Dutch designer Jurgen Bey who also contributed the feature item for sale. Known as the ‘house of blue’, Jurgen and his studio created a sectional blue house [...]