These are the oddball pieces we spotted this year, some of them strange or unusual enough that they needed their own category, apart from this year's standout designs.

This Grasp outdoor chair, designed by Yuka Sugihara, incorporates a beanbag for both structure and seat.

SUNRIU Design Studio's elegant Tai series of furniture is designed to be made from sheet metal scraps.

Icelandic industrial designer Dögg Guðmundsdóttir has designed a bed meant to double as your cremation coffin.

The Low Bench, by design studio Destroyers/Builders, is made from massive oak slabs with simple "joinery."

Industrial designer David Dolcini's Elena dressing mirror features an unexpected concealed storage drawer.

Blofield Air Design's DoNuts picnic table is partially inflatable, lightweight and easy-to-store.

Danish furniture designer Jonas Herman Pedersen's A Line series of storage benches open in an unexpected way.

Industrial designer Fenglin Gao's Meditation Chair is for those who cannot assume the positions on their own.

Architect and industrial designer Christian Flindt's Light Block Chair is made of HIMACS.

An anonymous industrial designer used AI to generate designs for gaming chairs based on the Atari 2600.

Along similar lines, someone used AI to generate fake Ikea catalog pages of bomb shelter furnishings.

Interior architect Shizuka Saito's Mingle is an unusual concept for a space-saving bench.

UK design studio Mentsen's Bacchette chair is an atypical take on the folding director's chair.

At first glance it's not obvious that these Viille stacking stools, by furniture designer Ari Kanerva, actually stack.

Similarly, industrial designer Tom Skeehan's mostly wood Hup Hup Chair doesn't look like a folding chair.

Subcultures gonna subculture. This Sneaker Cleaning Table is by Footpatrol and Jason Markk.

Architect/designer Jonahtan Muecke designed this line of furniture made from carbon fiber tubes.

Industrial designer Beomseok Chae's Post-Collapse furniture collection is inspired by the Space Age.

Magazin's DS series: Shipping-container-inspired storage cabinets.

Furniture designer Hemmo Honkonen's Audible Cabinets mechanically produce sound.

This Movably Pro office chair has trapdoor-like seating halves. It's meant to provide one-legged standing on demand.

Industrial designer Michael Young's Wire Chair is an update/homage to Harry Bertoia's 1952 design classic.

Architect/designer Alain Berteau's Keypad Sofa has transforming sections to allow different seating positions.

Industrial designer Rikke Frost's Butler Chair is designed to hold your jacket and bag.

Architect Michael Hilgers developed these two designs for hidden furniture to turn a hotel room into a workable office.

Furniture designer Conor Hacon's Bik Stool has split legs, inspired by traditional Japanese brushes.

Furniture designer Ricardo Sá's Bond Stool splits open to reveal storage.

Karimoku's CU11 chair has no back—that role is played by a nearby wall. Designed to save space in seriously tiny Japanese homes.