Originally built in 1945 by Charles and Ray Eames, the plywood elephant and the LCW Molded Plywood Chair remain design icons that inspire modern day designers. Paying homage to the Eames duo and their work, the Spanish folks from Mediodesign developed their own version of a comfortable Elephant Lounge Chair. Made of birch plywood and crafted to be assembled like a puzzle, this classic piece of furniture proves to be a timeless design that adds a warm, wooden touch to your living room. It may not have the bent wood quality of an Eames chair, but it is refeshing to see the designers go back to their wooden basics. [via Dezeen]

Fling a copy of Road & Track down on this glass tabletop and you’re likely to cover up the best part of the PFD Spyder Table. Created by legendary supercar designer Phil Frank, the glass and polished carbon fiber coffee table comes in two models: The 20-inch 2323 model and its smaller sibling, the 16-inch 2553 table. Supposedly, only 100 of the tables were made, and went for $7,500 – $10,000. Seeing one in person is a good indication you’re in a real showroom or in the basement of a real gear head. [via bornrich]

To the Greeks, Hemeroscopium means a place where the sun sets. To create a home with enough substance to support the horizon, Spanish designer Antón García-Abril Ruiz and Ensamble Studio went large scale, creating a massive steel and concrete temple in Madrid, Spain. Planning for the Hemeroscopium House took over a year, but construction only lasted seven days because the structural elements of the 4,300 square-foot home were prefabricated off-site and assembled in a “perfectly coordinated rhythm.” A cantilevered swimming pool juts out of the home’s second story, above a sparse, zen-like lawn. The focal point of the design is a 20-ton granite boulder “G point” (G-spot, if you will) that rests atop one of the private residence’s concrete I-beams, an element the design team included to illustrate the home’s gravity concept. [via archinect]

Designer Konstantin Grcic certainly has an eye for futurism, as showcased in his brilliant “Chair One”.  This symmetrical, grid-style chair features a folding trellis of aluminum formed to comfortably cradle the human posterior.  The frame is then coated with titanium and painted with a polyester powder available in black, red, gray and white.  A set of two stackable chairs is paired together for $579, waiting to add some fresh futurism to your living room or office.  [gnr8.biz]

Designed to blend with the walls of any modern minimalist home, this sleek Lounge bar crafted by Marc Salagnac for De Dietrich is a must have for for those who want an unassuming way of storing their party favors. Made up of three different temperature zones with lids that slide and open upwards– like the doors on your Lamborghini, the wall bar is definitely an appealing new concept. Just imagine how fancy it would be to throw together a quick round of drinks next time your friends show up unexpected. Great concept. We already feel a bit dizzy… [via Yanko]

A fully professional kitchen with an indoor miniature greenhouse, Italia is an eco-friendly solution for the green-minded with cooking talent. Restaurant-styled with an elegant Italian design, the gorgeous Ariclinea kitchen puts the accent on functionality and the use of sustainable building materials. It also manages to come up with creative solutions that anticipate all our storage needs by featuring ceiling-high teak wall-units, stylish hooks and hanging shelves.  But the really “green” aspect of the kitchen is a unique greenhouse that replicates daily sun cycles and allows for healthy and fresh herbs to blossom all year around. Anyone for a bowl of pasta? I’m hungry all of a sudden… [via Trendir]

Using Parisian graffiti art as inspiration, French designer Charles Kalpakian created Graffititek, a sculptural shelving system that floats with form and function. The 3-D shelves, designed for Kalpakian’s brand hellokarl, are staggered haphazardly, lending peculiar crannies and nooks for media, trinkets and books. Nestled near the center of the shelf are a pair white, opaque blocks that, when switched on, artfully illuminate the shelf and the space near it. [via detnk]

Crafted by Thomas Pedersen for Federica Furniture, the Stingray rocker was originally conceptualized in 2002. It may have taken 7 years for this graduation project chair to take shape, but the elegant, futuristic design will have a warm reception in modern homes throughout the world. Either made of sparkling metal or classic wood, along with fur as fabric or leather upholstry, this red hot property will add unabated charisma to the space it adorns. Simply aspirational! [via Notcot]

The Cabbage Chair looks like it just might consume you. Making its New York City debut later this month, Tokyo-based design and architecture firm Nendo will showcase 40 of the pleated creations at the Ghost Stories exhibition at the Friedman Benda gallery from Feb. 27 through March 28. The chairs are handmade from rolls of waste-paper, which are peeled away to reveal functional, organic sculptures. [via fabrikproject, additional pics via dezeen]