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Folding and Unfolding Furniture by Ying Zhang and Ida Thonsgaard
It is popular now to have furniture that can be folded as a constructor. These floor boards by Ying Zhang and Ida Thonsgaard can be easily transformed into a chair, a table or whatever else. The procedure is the same as manipulation with a paper, folding and unfolding it into different shapes. When folded, it is a common piece of furniture with a usual functionality and very lightweight. When unfolded, flat pieces of board with a help of special clips and small magnets can be joined together in any desirable length and width. Bright colors and patterns make the furniture stylish and a bit childish.

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Funny Chairs with Horns and Hooves by Kamina & C
This collection of chairs is one of those that make people happy and kind. The project, consisting of Bambi, sheep and cow chairs, designed by Kamina & C (Tokyo), was presented on MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2013. Bambi chair was the first favorite, made last year; today sheep and cow chairs have joined it. Together they look like a funny harmonious trio, making children and adults smile. Furry round seats have backs in the form of horns and legs with stylized hooves. It’s not just furniture, but toys, causing people not only to sit down but to touch and pat.

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Wonderful Blow Shelving by YOY
This wonderful hovering shelves are designed by YOY in 2012 and called Blow shelving. They are the sheets of molded thin steel of A4-size. The sheets are bent in various directions that makes them even more airy and light. Steel plates can be easily mounted into the wall with a hook. There are five different forms of the shelves, which together create an image of floating clouds or air vortices. Pale shades of surrounding interior contribute the creation of an image of tenderness. Shelving has a more aesthetical aims rather than functional and will be very good for kids bedrooms.

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Multifunctional Modular Furniture for Bedrooms
Italian company Tumidei has many wonderful ideas and furniture items for children's and teenagers' bedrooms. Multifunctional modular pieces of furniture, combining functionality of different purposes simultaneously, are made especially for tight spaces. There are very nice solutions of different combinations for multiple kids. The lofted twin beds with cabinets or a desk inside of them, the stairs with drawers and many other ideas. The key idea of almost all solutions is using of lofted bed, allowing for maximum savings of space. The range of color scheme is very large, that makes the bedrooms very stylish and beautiful. The material of furniture is ecologically friendly.

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'OSKARatWORK': furniture that makes children happier, by Perludi
Many times we have already told about this company and their products. But when we speak about the furniture for children - it can't be enough, because as soon as we become parents, we realize that we must do everything to make our children's life easy and comfortable. ‘OSKARatWORK’ by Perludi is a table and bench that families with several children should have. The set is designed for children up to about eight years, when all of their environment should be directed towards creative play. The bench allows to take all the positions for physical activity - kneeling, sitting, slouching or lying down. Under the tabletop and bench seat there are shelves for pens, paper and other kid's stashes and useful items. The table and bench, made of birch plywood and 100 % wool, are covered with a special fabric that is ideal for writing and drawing. This assembly for sure can make the children happier.

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'L'ecume des jours' Small Table and Storage by Elsa Randé
'l'écume des jours' is a small table with functions of libraries and storage created by Paris-based designer Elsa Rande. The colorful plastic craft wire usually used for knitting and weaving, plays here the role of a flexible separator system for books. As a result we can see a playful library in appearance, attracting attention with its colorfulness. l'écume des jours can be used as a table, while their combination can be transformed into a really great library or storage system. The other works with the use of plastic craft wire by Elsa Rande you can see here.

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Comfortable Bed and Sleeping Bag Totoro
Children adore sleeping with soft toys. And the softer the toys the more willing to take them to the bed, using as an extra pillow or even as a defender from the night monsters. Giant sleeping bag-pillow Totoro Bed, copied from the main character of the wonderful animated movie My Neighbor Totoro, will be comfortable not only for children but also for adults. Despite its apparent childishness, full-sized Totoro Bed will be quite enough to accommodate two adults or three or four kids. Genial soft giant Totoro is a wonderful place for children to play or for relaxing with a book or laptop. It is available through Ebay.

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Flip Collection by Daisuke Motogi Architecture
Daisuke Motogi is a talented designer from Saitama (Japan). His Flip furniture collection changes the concept of furniture, the functions of which vary when flipped. The collection includes High back chairs which turn and become low chairs, a Flip stool that turns and becomes a deep seated chair, a Flip rocking chair that turns to become an armchair, Flip-table, Flip-chair-kids and recently released Coffeecup - low table that is converted into either a small armchair or higher chair with a low back. The furniture is made of lightweight urethane and it is very easy to flip even for a child. Flip furniture collection is attractive because its multifunctionality and pleasant to look at.

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