Zittel specializes in creating compartmentalized living units, fully functional microcosms that could actually well serve the space constraints on an overpopulated planet. These pieces are somehow simultaneously absurd, satiric, and functional: in a sense Zittel is more preoccupied with design than w

Clever, Domestic, Functional, Quirky, Round

A thoroughly contemporary lounge chair with anthropomorphous qualities, Newson's creation recalls a time when full, soft bodies were all the rage. His steel imitates the torso's contours and curves, which doesn't, however, equal high comfort. In fact, the chair almost demands a sitter with the same b

Biomorphic, Clean, Hi-tech, Late modern, Round

Brunelleschi believed the secret to good architecture lay in creating "the right proportions." The most revolutionary of the Florentine architects, he transformed the face of the Medieval town with the harmonious, bold, and refreshing structures of the early Renaissance. He was an innovator who com

Clean, Elegant, Geometric, Mathematical, Pioneering, Renaissance (1350-1650), Round

There's something intuitively appealing about the designs of Karim Rashid, who has designed coat racks, couches, and practically everything in between. His "Limacon" couch (1997) would feel equally comfortable in the spaceship home of George Jetson or in a stylish living room in Milan. Its boldly asy

Biomorphic, Bright, Clean, Hi-tech, Postmodern furniture, Round