The UberReview » Furniture

Bel & Bel Vespa Chair Gives Old Scooters New Life

C. S. Magor — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:14:14 +0000

There is no word on how much these office chairs made out of recycled Vespa scooters cost, but the key details give me the idea that they are likely to be expensive and prohibitively so.

The chairs are the work of Spanish design studio Bel & Bel, were obviously built by hand and are upholstered in leather. Yeah, they are going to be pricey, but if you like your scooters and are looking for something that is classy but a little bit different, you could do worse.

[Bel & Bel via Born Rich]

Nobo Fireplace Radiators: Fireplaces Without Flames or Mess

C. S. Magor — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:01:51 +0000

Nothing beats the warmth and smell of a real fire, but these electric radiators from Nobo provide a fairly happy compromise. The fire pit and fireplace offerings use projected video to simulate flames; the flush control panel is used to set temperature and lighting.

Price: The fire pit and fireplace are priced at $2800 (pictured top) and $2150 (pictured bottom), respectively. While that might seem like a lot, it is quite affordable in comparison to the cost of putting in the real deal. [Nobo via Born Rich]

MotoartPW-747 Cowling Bar: For Getting Smashed, Expensively

C. S. Magor — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:47:47 +0000

This latest piece of aviation porn from Motoart does not disappoint. It is built out of the cowling of a 747’s Pratt & Whitney jet engine and topped by a half-inch tempered glass propped up by mirror-polished aluminum braces.

It holds plenty of booze, and it ticks all of the aesthetic boxes, so it is fair to call it a kick-ass bar.

Price: $19,000 [MotoArt via Luxury Launches]

Wooden Side Table / Desktop Computer From Jeffrey Stephenson

C. S. Magor — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:24:29 +0000

Within Jeffrey Stephenson’s black walnut mission-style side table lurks an Intel Core i7 with GTX video; a powerful beast (with Blu-Ray and an awesome air-cooled cooling setup) within a retro exterior.

Available Spring 2010 for an as of yet undisclosed price. [Slippery Brick]

Music Playing Ottoman, Less Stupid Than it Sounds

C. S. Magor — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:41:25 +0000

A music playing ottoman might seem like a pointless mashup made in hell, but when it comes down to it, it might not be so stupid after all.

An ottoman is the perfect shape and size to contain speakers and electronics, and its insides are typically wasted space anyway, so Michi Jung’s Music Chocolate kinda works. For my money, one would be better off hiding a large down-firing sub, but if you have limited space and want a discreet little music player that makes you comfortable at the same time, you could do worse.

You need to bring your own iPod to the party, which makes this more of an ottoman/iPod dock, but that’s just semantics. [Michi Jung via Craziest Gadgets]