Qoffee time

So, looking at the picture above, either it's a giant plastic cup, or they've found a way to make babies really, really small.

I'm sorry to break it to you, especially now you're thinking how much easier life would be if you could carry your children in your pocket - but it's the former.

And it's called the Qoffee stool, presumably in a nod to the way we non-Americans say 'coffee' when we think we're doing a really right-on New Jersey accent. Basically it's a scaled-up version of the beige or white plastic cup that a cheap coffee machine dispenses.

Designer Rainer Spehl actually designed these as part of a pitch to London's Tate Britain gallery, where they would have provided amusing seating in the coffee shop, but now I'm seeing them being promoted on kids' toy sites like Limiteds as climbing equipment, storage options, and laundry baskets.

Well, they're fun, and Limiteds also says to watch out for other giant objects coming soon, so that could be interesting.