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A Floating Entertainment Hub That Travels Across The World

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Welcome to Oceaya, where the magic of entertainment melds seamlessly with the serenity of the sea, creating an otherworldly experience that will leave you spellbound. This is not your typical venue; it’s a floating paradise meticulously crafted to redefine the way we indulge in leisure. Conceived by visionary minds and brought to life by the expertise of MEYER Floating Solutions, Oceaya is poised to revolutionize the scene in 2025 with its blend of opulence and eco-conscious design.

Designers: Waterstudio.NL and Prospect Design International

Inspired by the rhythmic symphony of ocean waves, Oceaya invites guests on a journey through a harmonious blend of design and experience. This floating marvel, designed to expand and contract with infinite fluidity, mirrors the very essence of the rolling tide. Crafted as a modular, multi-purpose structure, Oceaya promises dynamic experiences for its guests, seamlessly traveling across various global destinations during peak seasons.

Drifting along the brink of the horizon, Oceaya’s design embraces organic symmetry, blending seamlessly with the natural world. Constructed using sustainable and organic materials, its soft exterior lines exude calmness, completeness, and an unparalleled sense of luxury. With a sophisticated open-air layout offering panoramic views of the surrounding seascape, guests are immersed in a world where serenity meets architectural wonder.

Spanning from 4,000 to over 12,000 square feet, Oceaya embodies the vision of its founder, Daniels Ikajevs, who sees it as a testament to limitless design and entertainment possibilities. As the structure seamlessly integrates aquatic elements, guests are cocooned in holistic comfort, surrounded by architectural complexity and the soothing embrace of the ocean.

Beyond its entertainment allure, Oceaya stands as a beacon of sustainability and environmental stewardship. By aiding access for researchers and funding projects combating climate change, sea-level rise, and the preservation of marine life, Oceaya embodies a commitment to safeguarding our planet’s future.

As night falls, Oceaya unveils its mystical allure. From the depths of the ocean emerges a creature of legend, transforming into a divine human form that captivates all who behold her. With nightly rituals that enchant the senses, guests are invited to embrace the ethereal beauty of Oceaya and immerse themselves in an experience unlike any other.

Founder Daniels Ikajevs hints at future venues that promise even more unimaginable and immersive experiences across continents. From Asia to the Middle East, the Americas, and Europe, Oceaya’s journey is just beginning, offering a glimpse into a future where entertainment knows no bounds.

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Unusual lounge chair uses sponge-filled ropes to mimic a certain insect

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The human mind is such an incredible thing, capable of creating wonderful designs and life-changing products. Of course, it is really no match against the unfathomable “mind” of nature, as seen in the sometimes awe-inspiring, sometimes bewildering things we can find in the world, both living and non-living. The complexity of nature’s design has been an inspiration for many of mankind’s creations and inventions, great and small, either just in terms of the basic form or including their function. There are times, however, when such an inspiration takes an odd turn, like this lounge chair that half looks comfy and half unsettling, especially after you learn what the peculiar piece of furniture is inspired by.

Designers: Miray Ozlem ER

At first glance, the lounge already looks unconventional, like someone laid a series of fabric tubes across a metal frame. These “ropes,” as they are called, are indeed soft and cushy, filled with sponge material to give them both volume and softness at the same time. After all, who would want to lounge on a very hard surface, especially for a long period of time?

The entire piece, however, is supposed to resemble a caterpillar entering its cocoon phase, with each rope representing a segment of the insect’s body. It’s definitely an odd association, especially considering how some people might feel uncomfortable with such crawling critters. Then again, they don’t really have to know the details of the design’s inspiration. As it turns out, the way the sponge-filled tubes go over the frame and extends to the back also makes them look like a row of snakes draped over the chair, also not a comforting image for some people.

The lounge’s design is also unusual in that it doesn’t hide the skeletal frame of the chair. In fact, it’s meant to showcase the shiny metal chrome which contrasts and complements the soft fabric of the rest of the chair. At the same time, however, the image induces a sense of discomfort and uncertainty, especially with the gaps on both sides of the chair. Despite the lounge’s width, it’s a seat made for one, and this peculiar design tries to send that message across in a very striking manner.

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This Cozy & Chonky Lounge Chair Will Bring Some Art Deco Inspiration To Your Living Room

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We often underestimate the importance of a great chair. When in reality, we really shouldn’t. We spend the majority of our day sitting on chairs, whether we’re working in our home office, enjoying a meal, or simply sitting and reading a book for leisure! Hence, this piece of furniture needs to be not only comfortable but ergonomic and aesthetic as well. An excellent chair design is not only a boon to your back and helps you maintain a healthy posture, but is also super comfy to sink into and will perfectly match the interiors of your modern home. And, a great chair to consider for your home is the Havana Lounge Chair!

Designer: LAB 15 for Eilersen

Designed by LAB15 for the Danish brand Eilersen, this Havana lounge chair is a cozy and chonky seat inspired by the Cuban chairs of the Art Deco period. The comfy and super-rounded seat features a pebble-like pouffe in its center which forms the main body of the chair. The bulbous pouffe can be accentuated with single or double arms and an optional backrest. The Havana chair is built of organic shapes, giving it a rather cozy and cushy feel.

The lounge chair can be used in multiple manners, either alone or together with other Eilersen’s sofas. The versatile chair is the perfect culmination of classic Danish design from the 1950s and old Cuban chairs from the Art Deco period of the 1930s and 1940s. “However, unlike the old ’50s chairs and Cuba chairs, our starting point was to create a lounge chair with a greater sense of ease and smaller volume density, which make it much more relevant in contemporary decor,” said LAB 15 co-founder Kristian Sofus Hansen.

The Havana Lounge Chair would make for an incredibly stylish addition to your living room. It can be upholstered in a large range of solid-colored, textured, or patterned fabrics or in leather. You can pick the option that suits and complements your living space the best, allowing you to create a living room that is elegant and sophisticated, with a touch of Art Deco style and inspiration.

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This modular lounge chair brings some of the comforts of home to the office

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Attitudes about the workplace have shifted and changed over the past years. From cubicles to open floor plans and back again, office space often fluctuates between technical, efficient places for productivity and cozy, inspiring spaces for humans. This has become especially evident in recent months as people started going back to offices after having adjusted to the comforts and challenges of working from home. While it’s definitely not advisable to bring the entire WFH setting to a communal workspace, it might be possible to integrate some of those more favorable elements into office design. That’s exactly what this furniture collection, and especially this lounge chair tries to offer, helping people bounce back into work life while still enjoying some of the conveniences and privacy they had at home.

Designer: Anthony Chupp

When people around the world were forced to start working from home instead of the office, many struggled to adjust and cope. Over time, however, workers and their families have developed strategies and tools that helped them remain productive despite all the distractions and temptations at home. Now the pendulum swings in the opposite direction, and people are trying to re-adjust to working from the office while also yearning for the positive experiences they had from working at home.

“Rebound” is a furniture collection that tries to bring those traits to the office, focusing primarily on properties like privacy and personalization, something that has almost become rare in many open floor plans today. The Kona lounge chair is the most interesting member of this group, looking like something you wouldn’t expect inside an office. It’s a design that exhibits not only flexibility but also convenience and comfort that is more associated with home furniture instead.

Kona’s base is a short, cylindrical pouf that, on its own, is already an attractive piece in any room. It combines with curved backrests of different heights that add both back support as well as an accent to the chair. That back support is covered with wool felt that acts as a sound-absorbing material to create an acoustically private space around the person sitting on the chair. The back support can also stand on its own and be placed behind any regular office chair to serve as a privacy backdrop for video calls as well.

The collection also includes a modular shelf that brings a level of customization you wouldn’t normally expect from office furniture. There are also acoustic panels that are designed to dampen background noise while doing video calls. These pieces of furniture represent the changing needs of office workers, particularly with the prevalence of video calls as part of regular office life. It also reflects a growing desire to create more private spaces they can personalize, something that, ironically, the old cubicle-style workplace offered to some extent.

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This ultimate picnic mat transforms into a lounger, a stool or a coffee table for convenience and comfort in the outdoors

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The coronavirus pandemic pulled the plug on all possible outdoor activities. But now as we get accustomed to the new normal: picnics and camping activities have begun to pick pace once again. Next time you’re heading to the outdoors with family or friends, you can consider replacing your regular picnic mat for the Threefold, which is an adaptable piece of furniture that easily transforms from a regular mat to a lounger, a stool, or a coffee table with simple adjustments to its modules.

There is frankly no dearth of adaptable furniture for picnics, camping, and outdoor events, but the Threefold presents its own use case, courtesy of its incredible versatility and effortless, timesaving flip in form. This is essentially true since the traditional mats we carry to the outdoors are limited in form. The fabric mats would offer more comfort, versus a semi-wooden mat as the Threefold, however, it has limited application. If you’d have realized, it excludes a section of users who cannot sit on the ground from convenience and comfort, compelling you to carry an additional folding chair. The conceptual Threefold outdoor furniture here extends adaptability to each individual’s needs in one useful unit.

Designer: Jonas Finkeldei and Nick Potter

The modular furniture brings to the users a lounger they can lay back on with support, or it can instantly transform into a low stool for the aged who cannot sit cross-legged on the ground. And when you want to keep your food or a board game you’re carrying along, the Threefold can become a sturdy table. A perfect companion for picnics and camping, the Threefold construction is supported by stretchers and is safe and secure to use.

It’s a brainchild of design enthusiasts Jonas and Nick who are by profession wood furniture engineers. They have an impactful design sense, which has been ideally executed to create this lightweight foldable furniture and packs it into a compact square for convenience of transportation. The Threefold prototype they have perfected is made from laminated neoprene with a layer of light plywood sandwiched in between. It can be made available in a wide range of colors to make your outdoor activities more comfortable, versatile, and of course very personal.

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Inspired by the chairs of our childhood, this modern lounge chair is a rattan-based derivation of the iconic Eames chair!

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Inspired by the chairs of their childhood, Cuong Nguyen designed RU, a rattan cushioned lounge chair that weaves together nostalgic and modern elements to bring us back to the simple times of our own childhood all in the comfort of our living rooms today.

Remember the chair from childhood that everyone called dibs on? Whether it was the honey walnut wood rocking chair or the unmatched leather power recliner, the chairs from our childhood will forever bring on a feeling of comfort. What I’d give to sink back into my childhood family room’s chenille tweed corner sofa with a can of soda in one hand and the TV remote in the other. Industrial designer Cuong Nguyen took to the interior design of their own childhood for inspiration in visualizing RU, a rattan cushioned lounge chair that finds modern comfort in its nostalgic design.

Described by Nguyen as, “A bit of embracing crib, a bit of the curve of dragonfly wings, interpreted by rattan,” the arms and lower back of RU feature webbed rattan weaving to support the cushion’s taut upholstery fabric. Muted in freckled amber orange, RU is paired with an ottoman that can either tuck beneath the chair’s cushion, work as a footrest, or become an additional seat.

Both the lounge chair and ottoman are propped atop a cushioned base to embrace the comfort that RU was designed to provide. Named after the Vietnamese word for ‘lullaby,’ Nguyen conceptualized RU to be made up of materials from their childhood, namely rattan and what appears to be a tightly woven linen fabric.

While the wide size and the gradual slope of RU’s backrest hearken back to the 1990s when lounge chairs were all the rage and designed to swaddle you whole, Nguyen incorporated modern elements like slim, yet plush cushions and uniform upholstery to bring RU into the 21st century. All of these design features enhance RU’s comfort, but the rattan touches are the sure showstopper.

Noting his inspiration behind choosing rattan as a building material, Nguyen describes, “To me, lines and materials should be the storytellers in product design. Therefore, when you lie down on this chair, I hope that sweet childhood memories will come back to you and lull your mind to peace.”

Designer: Cuong Nguyen

Rattan armrests and backing support RU’s slim upholstered cushion.

The gradual slope of RU’s backrest provides plenty of space for lounging, a nice ’90s touch. 

While the rattan armrest and expansive backrest are design elements rooted in the ’90s, the slim cushion and uniform upholstery bring the RU lounge chair into the modern era. 

Renault Pantheon inspired by Roman temple architecture redefines lounging on the go

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When an automotive design meets architecture, the result can be eye-popping. Simply because amalgamating these two verticals requires a creative mind at work. Well, automotive design student Insoo Kang’s Renault Pantheon – christened as a “wearable architecture automotive” – is right from the league of pure genius with a mindful design that focuses on the lounging aspect of luxurious commuting from starting point to the destination.

The name Pantheon draws inspiration from the former Roman temple – sharing design parity with the ancient structure. Having a very offbeat styling that one would not normally associate with a concept car design – rather it is based on a platform that’s heavily infused with the one of space that can be expressed as a car. An open architecture that brings to the fore new ways of communication between humans and cars. Entry to the Renault Pantheon is from the front as the whole front portion splits into two – expanding to make way for the riders, and then closing back again.

The completely autonomous and electric drivetrain of the car makes for a spacious interior where passengers can relax and socialize as they are safely commuted to the destination in style. Insoo’s radical approach in the inception of this concept car for the future, driven by the architectural influence is something that seems like a normal aesthetic bump-up but in reality, it is a well sought out design that evokes a sense of uniformity that the human brain longs for in every form or shape that it sees!

Designer: Insoo Kang

The Maximalist Daybed

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The massive Baron Daybed by Rair Exterior is unapologetically in your face! Its substantial footprint and surprising height make it the focal point of any poolside, patio or entranceway. The triangular back provides visual separation and privacy between sides. While it may not be demure or subtle, it’s still refined thanks to its elegant shape, leather-like water-resistant material, and pure cane construction that looks almost like carbon fiber.

Designer: Rair Exterior

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Refined Ripples

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Futuristic yet oh-so-refined, the Axis lounger redefines modern luxury with its avant-garde base and polished pillows. The design takes inspiration from military aircraft and its rippled cushions feature the same Indian orange leather lining found in MA-1 bomber jackets. As for that elegant arc base, it’s formed by 5 unibody legs and helps the center of mass in the human supine position fall in the middle of sofa for enhanced ergonomics.

Designer: Mike Voropaev

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Foam-functional Furniture!

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Flat-pack, foam and wayyyy fun! Three words that perfectly describe the Varhany Lounge Chair! This thoughtfully designed piece applies the versatile nature of foam padding in an entirely new way. Three flat wood parts are cut from a single plywood plate making it easy to transport or ship. After they’re attached, the foam roll is easily folded into place over the built-in rods that help it keep shape. Unlike other flat-pack furniture, it’s extremely soft and comfortable without sacrificing movability!

Designer: Frederik Dedik

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