Innovation in furniture design has been taken to a whole new level with this bed made of... cardboard. That's right, you read correctly. Cardboard. And it's apparantly very strong too. The "Paperpedic bed" can allegedly hold up to a ton of weight in load bearing capacity, and comes complete with eight pullout storage drawers. The best part, it converts easily from a single bed into a king sized, depending on your needs easily and quickly.

If you're interested in one, you can check it out at Karton, who carry a whole line of cardboard furniture. The Paperpedic is available for $188 AUD.

This enormous deckchair was a piece created by sculptor Stuart Murdoch, and is available for your sun-bathing pleasure on the beautiful strip of Bournemouth beach in the United Kingdom. Taking three weeks to design and construct, the sculpture claimed to be the world's largest deckchair was commissioned by Pimm's to mark the kick-off of Britain's Summer last weekend, particularly during an early hot spell that saw temperatures climb to 21 degrees Celcius on the weekend.

The chair stands 8.5 meters tall and 5.5 meters wide.

Fun!

via LikeCool

Lego's latest "IMAGINE" ads by German advertising agency, Jung von Matt, takes the concept of simplicity a long way. Using a handful of coloured Lego blocks to recreate a series of iconic cartoon characters that are surprisingly accurately represented, Jung von Matt has produced a series of images of characters that fans are able to identify immediately.

A brilliant campaign. And the ads are going viral. Great.

The only aspect overshadowing the campaign is some controversy around the campaign's origins. A little research online has surfaced that Jung von Matt's campaign looks surprisingly similar to an image of a Lego fan's creation of a Lego'd Simpson family. Adland.tv shows the comparison on their site, and you can judge for yourself.

via My Modern Met

Meet "I'm still starving", "Feed me" and "Crazy mofo". Three fantastical characters created by Monsta Julien, a France-based illustrator, painter, and artist. Each monster is about 4 inches tall, and is a custom-made vinyl munny. Monsta Julien has also created a 7-inch munny, named Chocolate (below), and an 8-inch Fire Artoyz he named "Rage dedans" (also below).

The monsters are also featured on both Toy Design Served and R/GA's curated Digital Age gallery, the latter of which showcases work from many different disciplines handpicked by R/GA executives.

"Chocolate" "Rage dedans"

via DigitalAge and Behance. All photos by Mlle Terite

Happy Chairs, created by NASCAR race car driver Shawna Robinson, are chairs that were once old and weary that have had new life and vibrance breathed into them through Shawna's love for art and passion for the big, bold, and colourful. The result is a line of brightly coloured refurbished chairs that each carry their own personality that is sure to brighten up any room.

As all of Shawna's chairs are re-created from old chairs that she comes across, every chair is one-of-a-kind. Her website features both chairs seeking a new home and those that have already been placed. You can find Shawna's Happy Chairs through a number of dealers who carry them; however, they are currently exclusively all in North Carolina. That said, even if you're not from North Carolina and are interested in one, it's probably still worth contacting Shawna - shipping can probably be arranged.

I'm on a Lego kick lately, and when I came across this Lego Stationary Art Carousel, I swooned. The carousel comes complete with Lego brick erasers, crayons, coloured pencils, Lego-head jumbo markers, and a pencil sharpener in the very large Lego head in the middle of the carousel.

The description says good for kids aged 4 and up - perfect! I'm old enough.

The art carousels are available through Firebox for £17.99, although are currently back-ordered. More photos of the different parts of the carousel are also available on Flickr by tikitikitembo.

via Firebox

I was blown away when I came across these beautifully crafted hearts, and was even more surprised to learn they were made of paper.

These intricate, multi-layered paper hearts were designed and created by designer Frank Tjepkema, otherwise known as Tjep. They come in both a gold collection, Clockwork Love Gold, and a white collection, Clockwork Love Paper, and were first shown as part of an exhibition at Gallery Ra in Amsterdam.

Each heart represents a different "heart moods" that is inspired by a theme such as fragility, passion, uncertainty, and desire.

Three pieces from the gold collection in particular are available for purchase in Tjep.'s online store for €498/ea.

via My Modern Met

Ever been lost in the underground without phone reception and wished you had a map? Now you can. Designer and entrepreneur, Tiffany Burnette, has designed a beautiful series of stainless steel cuffs that each have a subway map on them. Launched with the New York subway line, Tiffany's gorgeous cuffs have now expanded to include London, Milan, and Paris. 

A brilliant concept. Fashion and function in one.

Tiffany's cuffs can be bought through her site at designhypeinc.com for $37USD apiece.