Gross: In Design, Bugs Are the New Black

From ant-trail chairs to centipede lamps, entomology is the new hotness.

Entomophobes won't like this. The Dutch firm Edhv has turned insect tracks into a chair--a pretty one, to boot. But consider: Every time you sit down, you'll think of ants crawling around your heinie. Egad!

The chair's called Debug, and it
debuted at the Milan Furniture Fair last month. You make it by shoving
some insects--ants, crickets, whatever--into an ad hoc mapping
machine, then recording their every frazzled move...