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35 Pieces of Surreal Furniture

From Colorful Bubble Chairs to Surreal Nesting Seating

— April 10, 2014 — Art & Design
Surreal furniture comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, from nesting seating to others that look as though they are climbing up the wall. Whether you're bored with a current living room layout or just looking for something to add a certain "je ne sais quoi" to a bedroom, these pieces will provide the necessary inspiration.

The Melting Chair by Philipp Aduatz will certainly make one's home look like it's constantly set at a high temperature. The designer has made a seat that has a melting effect at the bottom, making one think that the chair will just disintegrate at any moment. However, rest assured that the seat is not going anywhere.

Nesting seating and bubble chairs are just a few of the quirky and surreal finds for furniture on the market these days.
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Chic Active Footrests
Chic Active Footrests
The 'ooloo' Rocking Footrest Lets You Keep Active While Sitting
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Free-Form Furniture Art
Free-Form Furniture Art
The Autonomists by Magenta Studio is Inspired by Independence
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Surreal Nesting Seating
Surreal Nesting Seating
When Stacked, the Twain Chairs Appear to Be a Single Piece of Furniture
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Coil-Supported Seating
Coil-Supported Seating
The Calli-Stroke Bench Eliminates Two Chair Legs in Favor of New Forms
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30
Twisted Metal Seats
Twisted Metal Seats
Pablo Reinoso's Aluminum Bench is Contemporarily Curious
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29
Sculptural Membrane Furnishings
Sculptural Membrane Furnishings
The Beautiful Mess Series by Alejandro Ceron Defies Convention
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28
Gorgeous Ghostly Furniture
Gorgeous Ghostly Furniture
Graft Architects' Phantom Table May Make People Uneasy
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27
Tree Benches
Tree Benches
Bronze Tree Trunk Chairs
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26
Animalistic Showers
Animalistic Showers
The Stag Shower Head Lets You Get Wet and Wild
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Deceivingly Distorted Cabinets
Deceivingly Distorted Cabinets
Good Vibrations by Ferruccio Laviani is an Intricately Carved Piece
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Surreal Pastel Seating
Surreal Pastel Seating
The Accident Stool by Hye Jeong Cheon Boasts an Otherworldy Shape
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Colorful Bubble Chairs
Colorful Bubble Chairs
The Layers Cloud Chair by Richard Hutten is Surreal
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Discomfiting Home Decor
Discomfiting Home Decor
These Surrealistic Furniture Designs are Full of Strange Twists
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Curvaceous Concept Furniture
Curvaceous Concept Furniture
These Jeahyo Lee Pieces are Free-Flowing and Surreal
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Artistically Surreal Furniture
Artistically Surreal Furniture
The Front Design Group Indulges Belief in Magic Through Designs
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Furniture Inspired by Paintings
Furniture Inspired by Paintings
The Magritte 'Son of Man' Chair
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18
Futuristic Oceanic Furnishings
Futuristic Oceanic Furnishings
The Parametric Lace Collection Has an Almost Unearthly Organic Look
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Sinewy Office Furniture
Sinewy Office Furniture
The D-Desk by Peter Donders is Futuristic and Alienesque
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Surrealist Amphibious Furniture
Surrealist Amphibious Furniture
The Maximo Riera Toad Sofa Mimics a Leaping Frog
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15
Human Furniture Artworks
Human Furniture Artworks
The Arm Chair by Jamie Isenstein Takes Its Name Literally
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14
Femininely Surreal Furniture
Femininely Surreal Furniture
Yaarit Mechany's Lucid Dream Exhibit Questions an Object's Reality
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Synthesized Spectral Seating
Synthesized Spectral Seating
Lollipop Bench Features a Scrumptious Combination of Antique Styles
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Quirky Avant-Garde Furniture
Quirky Avant-Garde Furniture
Designer Nick V. DeMarco Creates Artistically Modern Designs
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Wood Dripping Furniture
Wood Dripping Furniture
Matthew Robinson's Fusion Tables Look like They are Playfully Melting
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10
Long-Legged Loungers
Long-Legged Loungers
The EVNI Giant Furniture Collection Features Impressively Tall Chair Designs
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9
Vibrantly Branching Furniture
Vibrantly Branching Furniture
Nic Parnell Reassigns New Value to Old Pieces of Wood
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8
Half-Processed Benches
Half-Processed Benches
The 'FallenTree' Bench Merges Natural and Artificial
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Levitating Lamp Shades
Levitating Lamp Shades
The Floating Light Series by Crealev is Not an Optical Illusion
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Deceptively Disintegrating Tables
Deceptively Disintegrating Tables
Weightlessness by Eugene Tomsky is a Sculpturally Surreal Design
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Surrealist Closet Design
Surrealist Closet Design
A Gaudi-Worthy Bookshelf by DBD Studio
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4
Surreal Home Decor
Surreal Home Decor
Impractical Furniture That Looks Fantastic
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3
Curvaceous Furniture Artworks
Curvaceous Furniture Artworks
Lila Jang Literally Manipulates Furniture into Whimsical Creations
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2
Giant Mushroom Seating
Giant Mushroom Seating
The reOrder Installation Shows the Scale of the Brooklyn Museum's Entrance
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Surreal Experimental Furniture
Surreal Experimental Furniture
Designer Edward Slater Creates Mind-Boggling Furnishings
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