Most Expensive Bed
Written by: tom Filed Under: Luxury, World on April 19th, 2007This past summer’s Millionaire Fair in Kortrijk, Belgium saw the debut of a magnetic floating bed that pretty much takes the cake for the coolest bed in the world, and the most expensive. Regular, conventional beds and mattresses aren’t seeing a lot of changes to their technology and structure these days, that’s where Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars comes in. The goal in his project was to make a usable artifact that doesn’t employ the standard laws of gravity, but another force to convey its image, like magnetism.
Ruijssenaars reportedly worked on the technology for the most expensive bed for six years in collaboration with Bakker Magnetics. Permanent opposing industrial-strength magnets allow the bed to float around 40cm off the floor and can hold 900kg. This visually pleasing technology could also be applied to other areas in home decor like coffee tables, sofas, and Japanese dining tables. How cool would it be to eat sushi and drink sake off a floating table?
The price of the most expensive bed (for the full-size unit) will run you EU€1,200,000 ($1.6 million US) and the smaller unit, one fifth of the full size costs EU€115,000 ($153,000US). If you are a millionaire and simply must have this eye-catching bed, the people at Universe Architecture would be happy to make it happen for you.
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it looks awsoeme but the price really sets it back.
if i was a billionare definetly get it.
I want dat beeed :’(
Well,I want that bed .one of my room here in my palace.
I hope it will fit.
I would say whoaaaaaaaaa!!!
I’ll buy 2 in case one gets a flat!!
well… if i had this amount of money i would buy it for sureeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
its great
mashallah!!!
This bed is amazing! I did not think it is possible to make. I love the elements of magnets.
Especially putting n to n or s to s together!! Its so fun! I’ve always loved to have the ability to float.
how the hell are you suppose to get on top of it?
Pity you couldn’t take your mobile phone near it, or watch, or laptop PC, or IPod, or… etc.
optional accessories include a six foot step ladder to get on top of it.
whoo man that is one groovy bed
its 40 cm off ground aka 20ish inches and ropes connect it to the ground so it doesnt float off into space
It looks great but beleive me i would no get near it even if it was for free for one reason that is being around a magnetic forcefeild that is strong enough to lift 900KG would definitly have a carcinogenic effect on your cells.
Sure, any guest would be impressed by the look of the bed, but what the guest’s will probably be thinking about or more so worrying about is not fallng off of it.
Ya…it looks cool, but it would void all your credit cards and mess with any pacemakers within 2 blocks.
That bed is really cool and pretty.
Wow! I so want that bed but it’s waaaaaayyy too expensive for me! It’s pretty tight though! =)
You know when you’re messing around with magnets making one float then all of a sudden *flip* *SMACK* it spins the other way up and sticks itself Hard to the other magnet?
Yeah… wouldn’t want that to happen whilst you’re on it…
It looks neet, but Im one of those insane people that like being able to get close to my bed without checking for any metal thingies that might decorate the bed in a near future. Call me crazy if you must.
Uh, Hoverboard would be the best use of this technology.
If you have your cellphone next to it, kiss it goodbye. Don’t wear metal belt buckles or jewelry either. Hell most alarm clocks would get sucked into the magnet and probably stop working.
Does the price include a metal floor?
900kgs? so this means no more bringing home fat chicks
Would it fit in my new Airbus 380?
Thing is, to keep it floating, the magnets can’t allow it to move, otherwise it would flip over and fall to the floor. So yes, it would hover, but it would feel the same as any other bed, if not it would be LESS comfortable
This is great–my first thought was “I have got to get me one of these!” But then I read all the comments and…ohh, yeah, of course.
Better in concept than in practice.
@ lalala
How do you get on your bed?
It’s only 40cm (16″) off the ground, not 40 feet.
Daddy. I want THAT one.
want want want dood!!! but i wonder if i can hide stuff under it.
it would probably mess up my ipod
I would be very concerned about the long term effects on our other than physical parts, seeing as the mind and aura are magnetic. Even sleeping permanently in electric fields is believed by some to be a bad idea. But this level of magnetic field?
Geoff, Do you not realise that the Earth itself commands massive magnetic fields that are all around us? Ever heard of a compass?
Oh, and this also applies to that guy who said it would be carcinogenic.
Credit cards should be okay (unless you are still using the old style magnetic strip ones). The chips are very resistant to magnetic fields. Also depending on how the magnetic field is managed it may not reach too far beyond the bed and could be shielded from passing through the bed itself. My fear would be if it unlocked from the field and shot off at speed. How much force would it take to knock it off centre?
Magnetic field (and that too such a strong one), is not a place where you want to be sleeping. it will most definitely damage the brain permanently.
Good to have a neurologist among us, ankita.
my bed is not so expensive. http://www.jado-steel-style.com
what a rip off
i am afraid of the magnetic field that´s going to be under my @@ 8 hours the day …have you thought about it??
I wonder if all the magnets may cause long term side effects on the human body.
did have taht one – wasn’t too comfortable
K that bed dont look comfy and i wud only lay on it for like 5 ins tops. my brain is 2 precious
Ever heard of MRI scans (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) ? We’ve studied and been around EMFs long enough to know that there_is_no_danger. This is a super cool application for magnets. To repel one against another is not that hard; to keep the mass centered and static is another thing. Plus I’m sure all the R & D went into shielding stray fields.
UPDATE: News report stated-”Magetnetic Bed Pulls Plate Out Of Man’s Head”…………….stay tuned for entire story on the eleven 0′clock news.
Just Kidding……
wow what a bed!!!!!!! It would never work for me though i would have to clean out under my bed and that wouls stink;)
If it’s hovering, what keeps it in place? Wouldn’t it just sort of float all over the room (assuming the whole floor is metal) like an air hockey puck? Of course, if it floated off the metal, it would hit the floor… also not good for sleeping. Good idea though. It would make a better sculpture than a bed.
SHOPPED! That is shopped! It’s photoshoped! I can tell! Because of the pixels! They don’t lie, no siree! And! And the shadows. Yep. The pixels and the shadows. That’s how you can tell! It’s definitely shopped. Oh this thing is SO shopped. I know, I can tell, cause I’m shopped. Trust me, this comment section is probably all shopped too. SHOPPED!
Would work better as a coffee table.
Yes, I’ll take the floating bed, the french speaking comfoter and the drug administering pillow thank you… lol
OK…. I would rather make my own magnetic bed out of just pure junkyard magnest that can be found, join the pieces together by molding, and mage a magnetic platform on the floor. Rather than spend a million on the same thing. Matterfact, I can do one now! (Maybe later on the future, that’s alot of work to do)