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Space Invaders chairs

David Pescovitz at 9:14 am Thu, Jan 17, 2013

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Design firm DoKC Lab created these excellent Space Invaders-inspired chairs. "Game Over" (via Juxtapoz)

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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CLamb

Fail! Great visually. Lousy for sitting on which is the primary purpose of a chair.
Michael Polo

Where is the coin slot?
McGreens

Those look awesome and uncomfortable in equal measures.
Nash Rambler

Unfortunately, these can’t be used for musical chairs. For one thing, they only move side to side, then down one row to the back of the room, to a monotone beat that steadily increases in tempo.