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Qayot Turns Pacman Into Poufman Furniture

If you’re still crashing on old-school bean bags, it’s high time for an upgrade to real furniture, my dudes. Italian home design company Qayot will help nostalgic geeks hold onto the golden era of 8-bit video games with the Poufman living room set, which was unofficially inspired by Pacman’s iconic silhouette.

Qayot unveiled the collection recently in a furniture design exhibit called “Abitare Il Tempo” in Verona. With a wide variety of interchangeable, two-tone polyester linings, the round and square seats can be combined with additional sets to produce flexible seating for any situation. Sadly, they haven’t yet created a red ghost ottoman to match. Check out more images of the Poufman set below…

Kenchikukagu Folds Whole Rooms Into Rolling Boxes

In today’s market of over-priced real estate, the average apartment is basically a man-sized shoebox. Now you can make the most out of the space thanks to Japanese company Atelier OPA and designer Toshihiko Suzuki, who have introduced a series of folding “rooms” called Kenchikukagu.

The innovative line features a kitchen, bedroom and office that all fold up into compact cabinets that can be wheeled away for easy storage. For about $7,500 each, you can buy one now on Amazon Japan. See how it all unfolds in the video below…

Coffin Couches Are To Die For

When we first heard that someone was recycling coffins to make couches, we were a little worried. How can they recycle something that in buried 6 feet under with a dead body in it? Well, apparently these are coffins that were used for display purposes in funeral homes, but were not used for burial due to “slight cosmetic inconsistencies.” Since law prohibits the reselling of coffins to the public, the good folks at Coffin Couches put them to good use.

Okay, so we felt pretty good about the recycling thing after hearing that, but then the Coffin Couches homepage hits us with this nugget:

“If you notice (although it may be too small) the six cast iron heavy duty legs are embossed with the universal biohazard insignia. The reason we utilized this sign was because safety was our utmost concern. If you are not aware, once a human body is placed in a coffin it is considered biohazard tissue. The legs have the embossed insignia for precautionary reasons in the event body fluids are exchanged on these coffins.”

Wow. So if you don’t mind a little residual bodily fluid on your furniture, these $4,500 couches are definitely unique. Our favorite is the “Dodger Blue” (pictured above), but check out the rest of the Coffin Couches after the jump.