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Samsung’s couch of the future is a giant hammock
Sustainable. Flexible. And fun as heck to sit in. Sign us up?
[Source photo: Samsung]
I consider my living room couch to be a sacred place, defiantly facing my TV, as a vessel for upholstered, uninterrupted media consumption. But I also recognize the archaic cringe of this entire setup, and how much of my home is situated around a single, relatively dumb screen.
Samsung, one of the leading producers of screens in the world, recognizes this oddity, too. And so it commissioned the Stockholm-based design firm Form Us With Love—known for projects like styrofoam lamps and clients like Ikea—to rethink the couch for ever-snugger living arrangements filled with tablets and phones.
[Image: courtesy Samsung]
[Image: courtesy Samsung]
[Image: courtesy Samsung]
[Image: courtesy Samsung]
[Image: courtesy Samsung]
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