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Couch Potato Beds

The Sleepy Chair is a Chair Made from Matresses

— November 7, 2010 — Art & Design
The 2010 Tokyo DesignTide show featured an extremely innovative piece of furniture. Daisuke Motogi Architecture debuted the Sleepy Chair and boy, it looks awesome.

The Sleepy Chair is any couch potato's dream; it is a chair made from mattresses folded into a concertina. The Sleepy Chair is perfect for those nights when you are too tired to get up off the couch but you are yearning for the comfort of your bed.

Implications - As we move further and further away from traditional sleep/work cycles, consumer solutions have been offered (with considerable success) to suit any lifestyle. People living with insomnia or sleep apnea are all equally willing to buy goods that will improve their specific lot, and usually at a premium. It seem as though more and more of the world's esoteric needs will be met by eager suppliers.
Trend Themes
1. Innovative Furniture Design - Creating unique furniture designs that cater to specific lifestyle needs opens up opportunities for disruptive innovation in the furniture industry.
2. Customized Sleep Solutions - Meeting the diverse needs of consumers with sleep-related issues through personalized products presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the sleep industry.
3. Blurring Boundaries Between Furniture and Bedding - Exploring the convergence of furniture and bedding by creating hybrid products like the Sleepy Chair can lead to disruptive innovation in the home decor industry.
Industry Implications
1. Furniture - The innovative design of the Sleepy Chair demonstrates the potential for disruptive innovation within the furniture industry.
2. Sleep - Addressing sleep-related concerns and providing customized solutions can drive disruptive innovation in the sleep industry.
3. Home Decor - Blurring the lines between furniture and bedding opens up disruptive innovation opportunities within the home decor industry.
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