No, my headline and this entry isn’t a euphemism for those tastefully shaped furniture advertised in the back of lifestyle magazines to aid limber couplings. These actual benches and end tables spotted on a German blog (translation help anyone?) are created from recycled pommel horses typically used in men’s gymnastics. The distressed brown leather quality of these adds a warm flourish to a bar or bachelor pad.

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I’m not sure if this is what Fat Joe was referring to when he rapped “Do the roc-a-way, now lean back, lean back,” but as a guy who chronically tilts back in his chair, Deger Cengiz’s cleverly designed chair is filed under “Want” and “Need.” Maybe I can justify expensing it with the excuse that I think most optimally while leaning back in my chair. It’s available for $500 at Voos Furniture located in Brooklyn.

Also, Cool Hunting points out a similar chair was featured in an episode of The Simpsons.

School of Visual Art graduate Eric Ku created this functional typographic chair that’s getting some well deserved buzz around the Internet. He’s currently looking for a job.

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