The Week in Design: A 'Tron'-Inspired Chair and a Robotic Chandelier

The Web is teeming with the unrealized ideas of both students and established designers who set out to produce astonishing renderings and prototypes for unusual products. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, money, or technology, many of those products never progress from the planning stages to the mass market. But that doesn't mean we can't salivate over them, nevertheless.

This week, we only found beautiful things. The blocky -- and, we'd guess, prohibitively expensive -- 'Tron: Legacy'-inspired chair for Cappellini would fit snugly among our other fantasy furniture, like the robotic-armed chandelier by a German design student. But where to put the 3-D-extruded chairs made from old refrigerators? Decisions, decisions. See the rest of our favorite designs of the week after the break.

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