Bookniture - Furniture in a Book
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- Lightweight Folding Cushioned Stools (2) - $25.95
- Ballo - Multipurpose Mushroom Office Stool - $299.00
- Soapal Soap Rock - $12.95
- Game Day Bleacher Seat - $39.27
You don't need to know how to read to dig in to this book. Open the pages of Bookniture, and where you might normally find a Tolkien story you'll instead encounter an entire stool or side table Gandalf-ed into existence. And yes, you can absolutely sit or set things on it. As long as you / they weigh less than 1,000 pounds.
Designer Mike Mak came up with Bookniture out of the personal desire to give visiting friends an alternative to sitting on the floor, without stuffing more stuff into his already stuffed apartment. And both his idea for and execution of these origami accordions in books are pretty damn brilliant. Made of cardboard and a double-sided felt seat pad, Bookniture pieces are lightweight, ultra compact when closed up, and as burly as they come when unfurled. Truly, they have been tested to hold up to half a ton of weight.
Bookniture can serve solo as a seat or side table, side-by-side as a bench, and stacked as shelving. When open each piece measures 13-1/2" tall x 14" in diameter. Closed measurements are 13" tall x 7" wide x 1-1/2" deep.
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