A great space saving design for the bookish nerds among us.

Sakura Adachi’s “Trick” is manufactured by Campeggi and fuses two chairs and a table to form a modular bookcase. With a simple movement, the shelving becomes a simple dinning table for two, or a clean workspace.

Adachi was born in Japan and received her MA in Industrial Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design.

More images of “Trick” after the jump. (via Design Milk).

Part of the Well Considered Collection, Conran’s the “America Chair” brightens up industrial chic. Yes, your eyes have not deceived, it is just a folding metal chair. Available in four colors, the chair doesn’t hide the simplicity of its origins.. like the celebrated stacking plastic chair, the folding metal chair has an everywhere, everyman quality.

In short, the “America Chair” is an anonymous design classic.

Karolina Tylka, of Polish design studio BEYOND, cares about smart use of space. The adjustable nature of her “Coffee Bench” speaks directly to this concern, the movable elements allowing for different size seating and table top options. Tylka’s inspiration – finding space for a coffee in the garden – is as simple as the solution. However, the formation of the modular elements of the bench proves notable sophistication. (via Contemporist).

More images of the Coffee Bench after the jump.

Christopher Stuart, the American designer behind LUUR Studio, makes mountains from the mole hills of Home Depot. Inspired by a folded paper cup, the Hopeless Diamond Sofa utilizes copper plumbing pipe and shipping blankets. The resulting love seat, rather elegant if we must say so, celebrates the aesthetic possibilities of everyday materials. Check, for example, the pattern achieved by the shipping blanket.

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Those with a love of mid-century modernist will certainly celebrate Cassina’s revival of Le Corbusier furnishings. Wallpaper* reports, “Modernist master Le Corbusier had strict design principles, which he applied just as rigorously to furniture design as to his more widely known architectural projects. For him, ‘the smallest pencil stroke had to have a point, to fulfil a need, or respond to a gesture or posture’, recalled Charlotte Perriand, his long-time furniture collaborator. This ruthless purity of approach paid off, making his designs as relevant today as they were over half a century ago – so much so that Cassina has just revived four of his remarkable pieces for its ongoing ‘Cassina I Maestri’ collection, started by the great man himself in 1964.”

The collection includes boxes, tables, and writing desks of utmost simplicity.

A look at Cassina’s relaunched Le Corbusier collection after the jump.

Over the past few years, the Thos. Moser brand has branched away from traditional American furniture forms and taken a few risks with line and overall aesthetic. David Moser’s latest design, the “New Harbor Lounge Chair and Ottoman,” is indicative of this experimentation.  While claims of gravity defiance are easily dismissed, the lightness of stance is undeniable.

More looks at the “New Harbor Lounge Chair” after the jump.

Furniture buffs should head over to the MET for the magnificent new exhibition, The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs. Based in Buffalo, New York, Rohlfs drew inspiration from both the Art Nouveau and the Arts & Crafts movement. His designs, and particularly his carved furniture, generated high praise for his workshop from across the globe.

The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs runs to January 23, 2011.

Curated toured the exhibition prior to opening. A full run of images here.

The Lifework Blog turns us onto a new book published by  Thames and Hudson of Richard Powers‘ photographs called Living Modern: The Sourcebook of Contemporary Interiors. “Richard produces some of the most amazing interiors shoots. He has an extraordinary eye for light that lifts every single shot from the mundane. Plus he was one of those hard working, even-keeled people who make working in the magazine industry fun instead of a chore. And I am sure that attitude also helps him get access to incredible homes.”

Available now from Amazon.

Some looks inside Living Modern: The Sourcebook of Contemporary Interiors after the click.

Spotted on Industrial Design Served, Frederico Bergese’s “Bside Bed” mixes a graceful bent wood frame with a hidden technological core. The sweeping upper portion is far from superfluous, housing an internal light that functions (clearly) for reading.

Certainly, not to suit every taste. But, certainly an inventive take on a typically narrowly explored form.

More images of the “Bside Bed” after the jump.

Young, Norwegian designer Marte Frøystad champions informality with her “Tosom 2″ chair from Danish firm Versus. Frøystad, who runs the design studio Frøystad + Klock, essentially creates the type of seating furniture that invites users to curl up with a good book… or with a lover (think twosome). Or, to otherwise recline free of worry. The seat is formed of wooden frame and polyurethane, and sits on stainless steel legs.

Versus “Brick” sofa has had a good amount of publicity the last few days. The “Tosom 2,” while not as sculptural, deserves attention too.

More images follow.