Culture Ten pet beds that prove furniture for animals can be interesting too - Tesla's offering still the most retarded of course

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After IKEA launched a range of products for pets, Dezeen rounds up 10 beds designed with domestic dogs and cats in mind.

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Utsådd collection by IKEA

Swedish furniture giant IKEA partnered with Woodgreen Pets Charity to launch a range of products for pets including a rattan dog bed and a pitched-roof cat bed.

"Our goal was to develop a collection of products that our cats and dogs love and that their human parents can feel good about and truly enjoy having as part of their home," said IKEA commercial manager Michaela Quinlan.

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Swing by LucyBalu

Animal furniture company LucyBalu designed a hammock-style bed made of felted wool for late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld's famously beloved cat, Choupette.

"We sent our cat hammock to Choupette's agent in Paris as a gift," said LucyBalu founder Mathias Wahrenberger. "Sometime after that, we received a message saying that our Swing was Choupette's new favourite place."

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Dog Goes Here by Rocky Brooks

Rescue centres frequently need to dispose of dog beds damaged by stressed canines, representing a significant cost.

In response, Northumbria University graduate Rocky Brooks created a flat-pack cardboard alternative that is disposable, fully recyclable and estimated to cost five times less to produce than standard plastic dog beds.

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I See You! by Asif Khan

Architect Asif Khan conceived this dog bed as part of a larger piece of furniture.

As part of an exhibition focusing on architecture for dogs, he created a table covered in black sheep-wool felt with an indent in its surface for a dog to rest in.

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Canopy Bed by Layer and Cat Person

Since many cats spend most of the day sleeping, Layer decided to work with American startup Cat Person to create a modular bed that can be easily adapted to fit the changing moods of fickle felines.

The canopy bed has a detachable, cone-shaped element that can be folded down to half its height or removed altogether to form an open bed.

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Barc by Foster + Partners and Isokon

British architecture studio Foster + Partners worked with plywood manufacturer Isokon to produce a flat-pack dog kennel.

Created for the annual Barkitecture competition organised by Goodwoof, the bed is characterised by an arched canopy made from a thin sheet of plywood.

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Cybertruck cat house by Tesla

Electric car brand Tesla launched its controversial Cybertruck late last year.

As part of its promotional campaign in China ahead of the vehicle's release, the company developed a flat-pack cat bed made from corrugated cardboard and modelled on the pickup truck's angular aesthetics.

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Kläffer by Nils Holger Moormann

German furniture maker Nils Holger Moormann designed a dog-proportioned version of its full-sized flat-pack beds.

Like the pieces for humans, the canine bed consists of several metal-free pieces that can be easily slotted together or disassembled.

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Cubic by Nendo

With the Cubic collection of dog accessories, Japanese studio Nendo wanted to create pieces that complement minimalist interior design.

"The majority of pet products for dogs are roundish and cute," said the studio. "However, they aren't often suited to interior spaces with walls, floors, ceilings, windows and furniture designed mostly in a linear manner."

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The Cube by Meyou

The Cube by French cat-furniture brand Meyou is a globe-shaped cocoon made from woven cotton housed in a cuboid metal frame.

It was launched as part of the brand's debut collection alongside two other beds – one with a similar cotton cocoon supported by angled wooden legs, and one composed of a wool-felt hood placed on top of a four-legged stool.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Saw a bed that allows both the human and the dog to lay in it at the same time.

Looked like this. Unfortunately, interesting beds for large breeds are mostly nonexistent outside of these.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Saw a bed that allows both the human and the dog to lay in it at the same time.

so... a bed?

 

[WelfareNiggerQueen]

Animals like da couch more.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Animals like da couch more.

my cat only likes the couch when I have MST3k on the tv, otherwise he likes the bed, windowsills, and the tallest furniture we have

 

[Bloom Worm Cross Field]

their human parents

Oh my god just HAVE A CHILD. It's not that fucking hard and unlike an animal they can eventually help with chores and you don't have to clean up their shit by hand anymore.
We desperately need a law that you need to have one child for every pet that you want to own, or we're going to go fucking extinct.

 

[spinal gas chamber]

Oh my god just HAVE A CHILD. It's not that fucking hard and unlike an animal they can eventually help with chores and you don't have to clean up their shit by hand anymore.
We desperately need a law that you need to have one child for every pet that you want to own, or we're going to go fucking extinct.

Good idea, you want to make all the cat troons have kids? They want that too.

E: back on topic, we put in some of those cool curved wall cat shelves. Cat gives it an a+++ rating. I think. But it was some random Amazon brand.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

E: back on topic, we put in some of those cool curved wall cat shelves. Cat gives it an a+++ rating. I think. But it was some random Amazon brand.

yeah that one looks cool, def thinking about getting some of those, but I'll need to mount them to studs

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

My dachshund's too retarded to own a bed. It's her kraut genes.

 

[spinal gas chamber]

yeah that one looks cool, def thinking about getting some of those, but I'll need to mount them to studs

Metal studs here since Florida. Home Depot toggle bolts do a good job. Wood studs would do it well, but you can get serious toggles that lock it in.

E: look up the snap toggles

 

[Premium Gonzo]

My elder cat is spoiled rotten by my inlaws, she has no less then 5 beds to pick from, she ends up taking a full sofa off the other dogs. And lo anyone who try's to move the empress off her throne. Most of those beds look shit anyway. Except the big dog/human bed that looks comfy as fuck i want one.

 

[St.Davis]

Animals like da couch more.

My dog alternatingly sleeps on:

The cold stone floor.
The laminate floor.
The carpet outside my room.
Directly behind my office chair. (This goes as you would expect)
The reading chair outside my room. (Far too small for him).
A small chair in the utility room that used to be for people, but has been commandeered by my dog. (Also too small).

Sometimes he sleeps on his own bed.

Typically what happens is he sleeps somewhere, walks around for a bit, returns to find the cat has stolen his bed/chair, gets sad, rotates to an alternate location. Repeat.

He used to sleep on my bed with me, but I don't let him do that anymore. Primarily because he would continually get closer and closer to me during the night and I would find myself squashed into a corner each morning.

 

[bliblblblbbllb]

I have no issue with this. People want furniture for their pets, why not have a variety of styles? There's a market for it and "just have children instead" is not a good answer. (Can't you have a dog and children?) Ikea making pet furniture in the same style as existing products is just smart.

I have always been wishing for someone to make a cat scratcher that is the approximate shape of the side panel of a recliner chair. Like a standing rectangle, like 3-4 normal cat scratcher pillars combined and a few inches shorter, with a heavy wooden base so it stands up well. NOT just a pillar. Because my cats like to scratch/mark the side of armchairs, and if I put a scratching post there, they merely scratch to the side of it. I just blocked it with clear sticky tape but I understand that they like to mark it and it would be more holistic IMO to have a scratcher that's the right shape for them.

 

[CircuSphere]

Mine has a bed but she rarely uses it, she usually takes my spot on the couch but can also be found at room intersections or in front of one of the outside doors (places you can't put a dog bed). Sometimes you find her belly up on the couch with the cat perched on the backrest in the early morning, or if there was a bad storm hiding behind the couch or under my desk.

 

[Positron]

I once saw a cat hammock affixed to the glass door of a pet shop with suction cups.

 

[BulkForceFive]

We need fewer stories about pooners and economic collapse and more stories about pets getting a good night's sleep.

 

[one_time_user]

For large breed dogs just get a crib mattress or a futon mattress.

 

[WhiskeyJack]

My cat prefers a five gallon bucket. Sleeps on the lid, on our front porch. Otherwise he has an old chair to scratch at. Dog sleeps with me on my bed.

 

[Haramburger]

If I ordered any of that shit I'm sure my animals would just sit in the box it came in instead.

 

[Rudolf's Friend]

these beds are bigger than the beds Ikea makes for humans.