Do you think that there are a lot of people who are just dying to sit inside a speaker? The makers of the Sonic Chair think so. It has 2-way speakers, a subwoofer, and the chair itself is a “sound membrane”. To entice even more people to part with their money, what with the wonderful state of the economy today, the Sonic Chair is quite the customizable waste of money toy. Aside from color schemes, you can also choose to add a round side table or a laptop side table, like the one pictured below.
That one costs €7,900 ($10,554). While all Sonic Chairs have input jacks, for €7,880 ($10,527) you can also have one with a built-in iPod charging station, like the one below.
And the one below is what Sonic Chair whips out if a customer’s thinking, “Meh. Not crazy enough.”
Yep, that’s a 20″ iMac. What’s really absolutely amazingly surprising about it is that for €10,450 ($13,960), it only comes with 1 GB of RAM. Also Sonic Chair claims that it’s touchscreen.
The fact that it only has 1 GB of RAM really struck me. More than anything else.
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Written by lambert v. on December 19th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Gamerox is a new concept in game seating, designed for younger gamers by designer Tim Briggs. The basic idea is that keeps them moving while playing games, so their little muscles don’t atrophy and so they won’t need a walker by age 12 due to too many First Person Shooters. The design and patented mechanisms encourage full 3D body movement during game play. This movement improves circulation and aids muscle and skeletal development. Gamerox also assists in the development of coordination, balance and spatial awareness.
So if your kid seems kind of, uh, dumb, weak and not so self aware because of their gaming, this may set them straight. Apparently the seat design encourages an upright sitting position which is good for core stability, muscle training and posture development. Gamerox can be used with any game console.
Thing is, your kid will probably sit on this for 5 minutes or so. When his/her back starts to ache from having to support it’s own weight, they are gonna be right back on the sofa. Kids today.
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Written by Conner Flynn on December 15th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Furniture makers Varier are offering space-age Zen goodness in the form of the limited edition Gravity Balans recliner. Varier claims that the Gravity Balans’ fully reclined position is “probably the closest you will get to zero gravity”, because in it one ends up in a position where the feet are higher than the heart. You guys figure that one out.
The shape of the chair is definitely weird; even Varier says it’s weird. And we all know that weirdly shaped furniture = expensive furniture. Not one to rebel,the Gravity Balans sells for $1,200. Clearly only handsome painters with level 2 stubble who love to nap after painting will be able to afford this.
Each of the 250 Gravity Balans recliners will be signed and numbered by its designer, Peter Opsvik. Buyers can customize their purchase with various colors and accents, and can even choose to have a “kid-friendly” version. I assume that the kid-friendly version can be used to go sledding. While experiencing zero gravity.
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Written by lambert v. on December 15th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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This wild piece of modern furniture may look like an abstract shape from the mind of its creator, but it’s actually been precisely engineered from a 3-dimensional waveform plot of a brief audio clip.
To make his Sound/Chair, designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez started with a 3D plot based on the volume, time and frequency of a short piece of audio.
He then fed the data into a computer-controlled water-jet cutter, which carves the body of each individual chair from a block of Polyethelene foam (the original prototype was hand-cut by the designer himself).
In the process of coming up with the right audio recipe for his Sound/Chair, Plummer-Fernandez experimented with 719 unique sounds before he found the one that was just right for a comfy chair, with proper arm-rests. (It also looks like it might give you an unintentional back and butt massage from the look of all those nubby surfaces).
The Sound/Chair is available now from upscale UK retailer Selfridges in limited quantities for the low, low price of £3950 (appx. $7015 USD).
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Written by technabob on October 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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Let me set one thing straight here. The guys who designed this furniture clearly had no inspiration from any 1980s dot-munching arcade game. Nor does the name “Pouf-Man” have any similarity to the name “Pac-Man”. It’s all on the up-and-up, you see.
Nope, there’s nothing even remotely reminiscent of Pac-Man going on in QAYOT’s Pouf-Man designer seating collection. It’s just a strange coincidence that it has a similar name, that’s all.
I mean really, Pac-Man gobbled power pills and munched on ROUND dots. Nowhere in the original game do I remember any power squares or chewy cubes, do you? And Pac-Man was yellow, not black, white, brown or red, no?
As long as you’re not with the Namco legal division, head on over to the QAYOT website and check out the entire collection.
[Hometone via CribCandy via Inspire me, now!]
Written by technabob on September 30th, 2008 with no comments.
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Artist INSA has joined together with design firm Rousseau to create the cool hanging bubble chair. The chair is actually part of the Designersblock 2008 show in London. This illuminated hanging bubble chair comes with an INSA’s trademark motifs. I like the purple color of the chair. Find out more pictures after the jump. [INSA Blog]
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Written by Johan on September 19th, 2008 with no comments.
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This weight seat is great for those who have taken an interest in their weight, but not so much interest that they need to stand up and walk to the scale. Also great for eating meals and literally watching the pounds add up. It’s probably also good for video game players who don’t have the Wii, but think that their games can really get them in shape. Just sit on your butt, button-mash as you frag enemies and keep looking down. I’m sure you’ll see some results eventually. It was designed by Atypyk design studios and sadly I think it would be a real hit with many large mammals.
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Written by Conner Flynn on August 17th, 2008 with no comments.
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Like many guys my age that grew up on video games and now have the money to buy what they want to satisfy the need for gaming, I am always on the lookout for something new and cool. I have force feedback controllers and the like, but what I really want is a full-motion simulator for driving and flying games. You can get them now, but they are much more expensive than I am interested in paying.
The Gyroxus hit market at a price of $479, not too bad for a full-motion simulator, but certainly not cheap when you consider you can get any of today’s console systems for less than that amount. Today 4th Motion — the makers of the Gyroxus — announced that the price of the Gyroxus was being cut by $100.
The chair is compatible with the PS3, PS2, Xbox, Game Cube, and Windows — covering most all the gaming bases. The Gyroxus looks cool from the videos I have seen and would be a cool addition to driving and flight simulations. The weight capacity for the chair is 250 pounds, which will work for the majority of gamers. Details on exactly how the chair works are still scarce. I can’t tell if the Gyroxus is motorized or if you are simply supposed to lean in the direction you are turning.
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Written by Shane McGlaun on August 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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