An increasing amount of transforming furniture has hit the market, showing a common consumer desire for functionality as well as elements of form.
The public urban bench featured converts so the homeless can seek shelter at night when used as a roofed shelter.
The following pieces from the TrendHunter.com archives include both furnishings and architecture whose primary purpose is to save space, items with offbeat design elements for those looking for novel home features, and pieces that are so bizarre, we simply cannot categorize them. Just for fun, at the end we threw in the baby buggy that transforms into a scooter!