We sit on it during the day, sleep on it at night, eat off it and even look at our reflection in it - but how much thought do we really give our furniture?

Thanks to new technologies, interior and exterior lighting is really starting to shine. Here are 21 wildly unconventional examples that would hog the limelight in any home.

Your cabinets, chests and dressers should be exciting and stylish ways to stow your belongings - and here are 15 examples that will make you do at least a double-take.

Our love affair with clocks isn't set to end soon - especially when we are really starting to play with the creative possibilities, as these 24 examples illustrate.

Here are 15 sink and wash basin designs, drawing on Anture, technology and green principles, that certainly cause a splash.

When disaster strikes, homes are often lost and people left homeless. These temporary shelters provide a place for refugees to sleep until order is restored.

Designers have never been more playful in exploring new design concepts in mirror-making. Here's 16 unique examples of cool and modern mirrors and mirror designs.

Prefabricated buildings and flat-pack furniture blend creative designs with sustainable style using portability, modularity and the possibility of mass-production.

Here are 18 coat racks that are unafraid to hang up traditional designs and do something a little more creative and unexpected.

What becomes of airplanes once their airborne adventures have ended? Some transform from "I soar" to eyesore, but others take on new life through recycling. Here are 15 well-grounded examples.

These groundbreaking modern (and postmodern) beds and be designs seem to work to free themselves from convention, predictability and even gravity.

Are modern tables having an identity crisis? Here are 16 creative modern table designs that look like they are eager to transform into something else entirely

Australian artist Robbie Rowlands masterfully blends architecture and art with his unique style. His art shakes our notions of stability and familiarity.

Creative modern chairs and chair designs from strange seats and bizarre benches, from the fabulously modern to the flippantly unique and everything in between.

Most photographs only freeze a moment in time. Long exposures can create an image that encompasses several moments; time lapse photography can even span years.