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Hot or Not? WOM, the Egg-like Lounge from Lapaka

3-10-WOM-chair-1.jpgPromotional materials for WOM, arrived in our inbox and we had to share this bizarre, rocking egg chair with our readers. Designed by Barcelona-based firm, Lapaka, WOM is all about creating an intimate space and promoting experimentation. While WOM rocks, its shape and counterweights will keep it upright...

Core77 has a picture of WOM from the Stockholm Furniture Fair last month.

Comments (15)

Maybe this is just the last few nights experimental theatre talking, but I dig a chair that tries to create an experience, rather than just being visually engaging and functional. Who am I kidding, I've been looking for a giant egg in my living room for months. (although how surreal fantastic would more than one wom in a room be?.... say half a dozen?)

posted by MelissaC5 on 2008-03-10 12:13:26
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Ooh, comfy!

posted by Jaze on 2008-03-10 12:13:40
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I have a feeling that kids would LOVE this thing.

posted by Nougat on 2008-03-10 12:20:41
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it looks like a good time to me, although being 6'2, i wonder if i'd fit...

posted by jmorey on 2008-03-10 12:22:58
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Maybe for a cat or a dog...

posted by orangejuce on 2008-03-10 12:33:08
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I love the look of it, but the person inside doesn't look particularly relaxed or comfy.

posted by brittanykate on 2008-03-10 12:46:09
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it's a furniture version of a weeble-wobble, no?

posted by Imblebee on 2008-03-10 13:01:16
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yeah, she looks REAL comfy in that thing... not!

posted by *heather leaf* on 2008-03-10 13:59:11
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looooove! it's like a weeble.

posted by theambershow on 2008-03-10 14:12:58
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I was joking above - I hate it! The idea is fine, but the scale's so screwed - that thing looks incredibly uncomortable, the innerspace essentially non-functional. Had they made it a bit larger, so she could comfortably squat inside it as if it were a big pod, it would be cool, particularly with the patented Weeble stabilization effect, but in that image, the thing seems like a total non-starter. Even the shape - that etiolated ovoid - is unappealing.

posted by Jaze on 2008-03-10 16:20:37
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hot if you're under 16.

posted by ung on 2008-03-10 16:47:33
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not a good photo to use.
and the WOM imprinted on the egg [can be seen in the Core77 picture] is awful.

not hot.

posted by jal on 2008-03-10 17:49:48
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I like it. I think it would be a blast to sit it. In a different color i could totally see it in my house!

posted by prunebrownies on 2008-03-11 01:00:15
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I'm not a baby, so it's been a while since my body just automatically curled into that position. Not hot.

posted by Sleek on 2008-03-11 11:25:33
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It looks awkward and uncomfortable. Just not for me.

posted by boliyou on 2008-03-11 13:44:33
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