Year: 2010

Collapsing “swoon” chair

Collapsing “swoon” chair

It’s a full-size chair version of one of those little wooden toys with segmented legs that collapses when you release the internal tension. I’ve heard them called “swoon toys.” This furniture-scale version called Lazy Chair, by UK designers Fresh West, stands back up rather more slowly than the toys; it takes about 45 seconds in the video above. There’s also a click-to-collapse Flash version at the designer’s website. [via NOTCOT]

Crafty Events

Different name, but same content – we changed the name of this weekly craft fair update to Crafty Events. Short and to the point. So … please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like listed, please . Coming Up This Weekend: Indie […]