We were only half-joking when we suggested that Poler Stuff's "Napsack" might be well-suited to Occupiers looking to hunker down for the winter. The international sociopolitical phenomenon recently crossed the three-month mark, and while the movement hasn't made headlines lately, at least a couple of designers are taking sides.
Max Arstig and Maximilian Gebhardt go by "Max and Max," a Swede and German who work at R/GA by day and design subversive furniture by night. "In Case of Riot" is a coffee table that the Maxes have designed in "response to recent troubles in the world," featuring a removable plexiglass plate atop a "welded square steel pipe frame base."
Thus, the tabletop functions as a riot shield—courtesy of the Stockholm Police Force—an aegis hiding in plain sight for easy access, the frame a sort of shield rack.
