Continuing our review of 2020, we've selected 10 of the most charmingly unusual furniture designs from the past year, from a futuristic birthing chair to sagging shelves made of foam.

The Metamorphosis by Tadeas Podracky
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Tadeas Podracky rejected formal design methods when creating these unconventional furniture objects, which he made by layering materials like "a bird weaving its nest".
Podracky crafted the Rietveld chair (pictured) from wood, before messily covering it in layers of black, white and yellow paint and carving away at it with a chainsaw.
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Concrete Melt Chair by Bower Studios
This liquid-effect chair by New York-based Bower Studios features a pale concrete top that drapes over a metallic base and forms folds on the floor. Bower Studios wanted to make the concrete seem like it was melting over its base structure to give the solid material a fluidity that isn't typically associated with it.
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Maximalist furniture by Messgewand
Romain Coppin and Alexis Bondoux, who make up Messgewand studio, designed a series of kooky furniture from amalgamations of waste and found objects, including wood, metal, foam and plastic.
The designers created a "collage" of random items to make each piece before adding ornamentation, paint, surface work and decoration details. The resulting designs offer an alternative to the highly pol...