Daisuke Motogi Architecture

This is getting quite a lot of design blog action at the moment but i think it's worth a mention anyway. Daisuke Motogi Architecture have turned the idea of 'what gets lost down the back of the sofa' on its head by designing a chair which you actually can store objects in. This works on many levels for me, firstly, it looks very comfortable, albeit with quite an upright posture. Secondly, the detailing of the fabric cubes, grey on the outside face but a patterned bright material on the internals, giving a flash of colour as you squeeze objects into the chair. Finally, i like the restraint of the form, which could easily have become something far more complicated once the designer had figured out the workings of the blocks. This pared down composition allows the placed items to alter the overall look in the most open way, essentially taking the emphasis away from chair itself.