Panasonic goes Ikea with concept furniture for flat panels
It looks like Panasonic is venturing a bit beyond its electronics-laden comfort zone, with the company recently showing off some concept furniture designed specifically for flat panel displays (or, more specifically, its flat panel displays). For that, Panasonic turned to Swedish designer Axel Bjurström, who appears to have produced at least three designs accommodating a variety of different size screens. The least conventional of the lot is the "Stege" model pictured above, which we can only assume is designed to go along with some magical cordless TVs and other gear Panasonic has yet to announce. The remaining concepts (seen after the break courtesy of Fosfor Gadgets) include the "Ridå," which conceals your 50-inch+ screen behind a curtain, and the Staffli, which opts for an less-than-practical easel-type design.


















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Matthew @ Oct 5th 2007 3:23PM
Interesting Panasonic is using an HD DVD player in that top photo. It is the HD A-1... Nice! I guess Panasonic is going HD DVD. ;)
JeffDM @ Oct 7th 2007 2:52AM
I'm sorry, but the top one is just weird. I don't understand the point of going with a very thin display and sticking the accessories so far forward like that, that negates the point of getting a panel. It looks like the devices sit 6" away from the wall there. The second one can do without the silly curtains.