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Top 50 Furniture Trends in Q1 2009

— April 6, 2009 — Art & Design
This furniture trend countdown features the top 50 furniture trends and examples of cutting edge furniture in Q1 2009. The report is a crowd-filtered ranking based on TrendHunter.com monthly traffic (several million monthly views) and our furniture trend database, which now has 1,920 examples of unique furniture trends.

Implications - A few of these trends include Rock and Roll seating, Sex Toys as Furniture, Cardboard Home Decor and Scrap Metal Furniture. Regardless of what your hobby or interests may be, there is surely a piece of furniture for you in this list. Ultimately, these niche furniture pieces provide an example of truly innovative, imaginative design.
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Boney Couches
Boney Couches
Life-Size Foam Dinosaur Skeleton for Caveman Fantasies
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48
Outer Space Office Furniture
Outer Space Office Furniture
Kinzo Air + Airlite Look Like Something From a Space Shuttle
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47
Arabic Inspired Danish Design
Arabic Inspired Danish Design
‘Dekka' Daybed is a Sleek Mashup of Cultural Styles
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46
Selling Sofas With Fake Boobs
Selling Sofas With Fake Boobs
Raun's Mischievous Ad Campaign To Promote Couches
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45
Fairy Tale Themed Hotels
Fairy Tale Themed Hotels
Grand Daddy's Goldilocks Trailer in South Africa
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44
Edgy Furniture Editorials
Edgy Furniture Editorials
Bretz High Fashion-Like Ads to Sell Sofas
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43
Tacky Travel Destinations
Tacky Travel Destinations
Madonna Inn Shares Name, Age + Gaudy Style With the Material Girl
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42
Transformer Lounge Pads
Transformer Lounge Pads
The Tuti Flexes To Meet Your Mood And Credit Crunch Concerns
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41
Modular Toy Furniture
Modular Toy Furniture
'TOYS' Add Dog-Like Charm to Your Contemporary Modern Decor
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40
Walls Made of Phonebooks
Walls Made of Phonebooks
The 'ScrapHouse' Made of Salvaged Goods Is Surprisingly Stylish
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39
Fashion-Inspired Furniture
Fashion-Inspired Furniture
The 'Coat Chair' by Fredrik Farg Looks Like a Collar
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38
Escher-Inspired Furniture
Escher-Inspired Furniture
Illusory Cabinets and Lighting in Impossible Shapes
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37
Rockstar Home Decor
Rockstar Home Decor
Macabre Chic Interior Design by All Saints
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36
Old New Furniture
Old New Furniture
Knoll's Vintage Style Barcelona Chair For Modern Lounging
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35
Seven Deadly Sins Seating
Seven Deadly Sins Seating
Art Chairs to Inspire Your Impious Activities
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34
Shopping Cart Chairs
Shopping Cart Chairs
Is the FU Lounge Chair Considered ‘Mobile' Seating?
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33
Cozy Small-Space Seating
Cozy Small-Space Seating
The 'Huggy' Chair is a Transformational Experience
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32
Sculptural Cantilever Seating
Sculptural Cantilever Seating
The 'Panta Rhei' Chair for Two Invites Group Patterns
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31
Plump Interior Design
Plump Interior Design
Frantelli Boffi of Italy Furniture Bulges with Originality
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30
Fashion Designer Furniture
Fashion Designer Furniture
Alexandra von Furstenberg's Luscious Lucite Tables
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29
Sculptural Benches
Sculptural Benches
'Hold The Line' is Customizable and Keeps You Connected in Style
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28
Scrap Metal Furniture
Scrap Metal Furniture
Little Discards Make for Quirky Eco-Friendly Art
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27
Bright Contemporary Kid's Furniture
Bright Contemporary Kid's Furniture
GAB's Colorful Child-Friendly Designs
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26
Sea-Inspired Interior Design
Sea-Inspired Interior Design
Organic Sculptures by Ayala Serfaty
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25
Storybook Furniture
Storybook Furniture
DEMAKERSVAN 'Cinderella' Table is Made From 17th Century Sketches
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24
Tail Light-Inspired Furniture
Tail Light-Inspired Furniture
3-in-1 Cardboard Lounge Set Inspired by the Volvo C30
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23
Surreal Home Decor
Surreal Home Decor
Impractical Furniture That Looks Fantastic
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22
Furnishing Homes With Trash
Furnishing Homes With Trash
The Zweitsinn Project Makes Furniture from Garbage
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21
Designer Dollhouse Furniture
Designer Dollhouse Furniture
'Haute Dollhouse' Features Miniature Adler Dioramas for Barbie
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20
Retro-Futuristic Furniture
Retro-Futuristic Furniture
Cubism Meets 1970's in This Collection by Hannes Grebin
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19
Pop-Up Furniture
Pop-Up Furniture
The Yomei Magic Cube is a Bar, Workplace or Makeup Table
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18
Badass Baroque Furniture
Badass Baroque Furniture
Revamped Retro Designs With Sass and Class
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17
Oversized Eco Rocking Horses
Oversized Eco Rocking Horses
Giggly Giddy-Up Toys for Grown-Ups
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16
Paint Splash Furniture
Paint Splash Furniture
Blob Sofa by David Genin is Perfect for Artists
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15
Transformer Restaurants
Transformer Restaurants
3SIX0 Fold-Up Tables Make Way For Dance Floors
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14
Layered Wood Furniture
Layered Wood Furniture
Sustainable Carved Plywood Produces Sinuous Lines When Stacked
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13
Photoshop-Inspired Furniture
Photoshop-Inspired Furniture
Pixel Stretched 'Lathe' Chairs by Sebastian Brajkovic
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12
Sex Toys As Furniture
Sex Toys As Furniture
Matteo Cibic's Objects of Pleasure Include Furnishings and Jewelery
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11
Crowdsourced Furniture Designs
Crowdsourced Furniture Designs
Champagne Cork Competition Yields Miniature Seating
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10
Twig Furniture
Twig Furniture
Jerry Tomasek's Unique Designs Using Sticks Found in the Woods
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9
Cardboard Home Decor
Cardboard Home Decor
Recession-Friendly Interior Design From Giorgio Caporaso
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8
One-of-a-Kind Organic Decor
One-of-a-Kind Organic Decor
Custom Luxury Rustic Wood Furniture by Urban Hardwoods
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7
Guitar-Inspired Furniture
Guitar-Inspired Furniture
Fender Stratocaster Table is Perfect for a Rockstar's Lair
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6
Vintage Furniture Transformations
Vintage Furniture Transformations
Reupholstering Reuses Chairs and Sofas Destined for Destruction
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5
Artistic Cork Chairs
Artistic Cork Chairs
The Korkart Furniture Genius of Germany's Gabriel Wiese
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4
Bright Contrast Furniture
Bright Contrast Furniture
Sculptural Bookshelf with Bench and Matching Pieces
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3
Rock and Roll Seating
Rock and Roll Seating
Designer Antique Chairs With A Majorly Modern Attitude
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2
Transformer Couches
Transformer Couches
'Living Landscape Ludus Sofa' with Integrated Shelving
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1
Stacked Book Furniture
Stacked Book Furniture
Novel Home Decor for Bookworms and Bibliophiles
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