25 Unusual And Creative Beds

We spend about one-third of our lives asleep, and if you live for 90 years, 30 years would be spent sleeping. So, the next time you buy a new bed, keep in mind that you will spend a huge amount of your life just lying on this piece of furniture. Picking an ordinary comfortable bed may seem as a good idea, but the problem is,  nobody will ever notice it. If you want to show off, you need something more unusual, and this list of 25 creative bed designs is a good way to start.

1. Vertical Bed

This bed encases the sleeper in a marshmallow of comfortable cushion while supporting the body in an upright position. (Designer: Ernesto Neto)

2. Foldable Bed

The bed uses fiberglass reinforced plastic tubes that can be telescoped in order to be adaptable to different sizes of the mattress. The angled frames can be arranged as a space-saving diamond holding together all tubes and the rest of the wooden frames. (Designer: Nicola From Bern)

3. Embrace Lounge

Embrace lounge has a hidden, body-shaped curve in it, allowing you to feel the comfort of a warm embrace. (Designer: Tanya Aguiniga)

4. Tree Bed

With this bed you can feel as though you were sleeping in the forest. Each leaf and tendril is hand-forged and unique. (Designer: Shaw Lovell)

5. Geometric Bed

Bed which looks like it belongs to a art gallery. (Designer: Jacob+MacFarlane)

6. Ohm Transformable Bed

Ohm is a transformable bed for small spaces. It becomes in two beds when you separate the structure and at the same time this modules pleat to generate 2 benchs of different forms. (Designer: Victor M. Aleman)

7. Letto Zip

Make your daily bed-making chore easier. With this bed you can zip up all the mess and nobody will ever notice.  (Designer: Florida)

8. Rocking Bed "Private Cloud"

Just like your mother used to rock you sleep, you can finally do it yourself when your mother is not around. (Designer: Manuel Kloker)

9. Giant Birdnest

Giant Birdsnest bed was dedicated for breeding new ideas. It was designed as part of the Green Garden Exhibition, part of the openning event of O*GE Gallery in April 2008. (Designers: Merav Eitan & Gaston Zahr)

10. Feel The Deluxe

The Feel Deluxe is made of 120 soft and extremely pleasant balls. (link)

11. Sonic Bed

The Sonic Bed is a purpose built portable venue which plays music that moves for the prone bodies of an audience, who can come lie in the bed alone or together. (Designer: Kaffe Matthews)

12. Hamburger Bed

Kayla bought a round mattress from the 70's and made everything else herself...(with the exception of pickle chip pillows which she received from a wonderful friend). The bed is 8' in diameter and stands about 3' tall. In Kayla's opinion it was the most comfortable bed she had ever owned... ever! (Designer: Kayla Kromer)

13. Magnetic Floating Bed

Using the power of permanent opposing industrial-strength magnets to enable it to float, the full scale bed can hold 900 kilograms of weight, while a smaller one fifth scale platform can safely hold 80 kilogams. (Designer: Janjaap Ruijssenaars)

14. Hammock Bed "Le Beanock"

Beauty is combined with functionality as the industrial standard cloth is hand finished with classic zig-zag stitching .LE BEANOCK™ is unique in both its design & manufacture. It can be taken down when space is needed, moved easily to clean underneath and the chains can be shortened at the back to create an ariel sofa! (Designer: Le Beanock)

15. Yin-Yang Bed

Yin is female and yang is male. So, as you've guessed - Yin is missing in the picture. (Designer: Alessio Pappa)

16. Enignum Bed

This bed embraces and protects, creating a personal environment beyond its function. (Designer: Joseph Walch)

17. Concealed Bed

Total hidden protection for money and other valuables is a reality, using this 1300 lb secure 78”x 60”x 14” (queen size) 10 gauge steel strongbox fitted with ¼” thick steel 140 lb. hinged doors.  (link)

18. "The Fluttua" Floating Bed

Fluttua is a suspended, height-adjustable bed available in round and rectangular models. The Fluttua bed eliminates everything superfluous to leave more room for thought. The characteristic of the product is its single, height-adjustable central leg and multi-layer base combined with a solid iron structure anchored to the wall. (Designer: Daniele Lago)

19. Sosia Bed

"Sosia" comprises two seats that can be pushed together to form a day bed, separated into two arm chairs or wrapped in the extended cover to create a private space within a larger room. (Designer: Emanuele Magini)

20. Fetal Position Bed

Even if you manage to fall asleep in this position, it doesn't necessary mean you'll wake up like that.

21. Book Bed

To resolve the issues of lack of space faced by a lot of urban-dwelling Japanese families, photographer and innovater, Yusuke Suzuki, created a 'fold-up' bed in the shape of a book. When the book is opened at night, it's pages serve as a duvet and pillows and it comes with large cut out shapes and illustrations. During the day it can be folded up and used as a playmat.(Designer: Yusuke Suzuki) (link)

22. Trix Bed

Trix is a modular piece of furniture that features of three cushions of different sizes linked by an elegant system of rubber bands. Trix can moonlight as an ottoman, a day bed a comfortable lounge chair and a welcoming armchair. (Designer: Piero Lissoni)

23. Cardboard Bed "Itbed"

The itbed is made from 7 mm thick cardboard that is folded like an accordion. In one step the itbed can be collapsed into an easily portable bundle making the cardboard bed an ideal solution for guest beds or frequent movers. The zigzag profile of the itbed, reminiscent of a house of cards, is stabilized from head to foot by two lengths of webbing. (Designer: IT Design)

24. Giant Brush Bed

Bed which looks like giant brush. (Designer: Ron Arad, student of BCUC)

25. Phat Knitt

PHAT KNITS is a series of giant threads used to create, knitted or not, interior products. (Designer: Bauke Knottnerus) P.S.: have we made you feel bad about your own bed? In which bed would you like to spend your next night? (and with whom?)