Old habits die hard and the desire for a no-holds-barred fun night with your friends in a tent still remains a most appealing idea. A tent-like setting with friends gathered around creates such a cosy environment, but managing to do this with élan is nearly impossible.

Dirk Wynants manages to accomplish this task for Extremis with a simplistic creation called the BeHive. Much like bees socialising in the home environment of a hive, the BeHive creates a setting for about a dozen people. The BeHive includes within its centre a Corral table lit both from below and above and surrounding this are low-lying lounge chairs that comfortable acquire the shape of your body as you sit on or lie across it. Enslaving everyone within the pleasing tomb is the curtain cover that can be pulled aside for some air or as entrance points.

The BeHive seems to come alive after sunset, needing no extra lighting. It produces the sense of a home within a home for people to get together. Set the BeHive in your backyard for the added bonus of a starry night.

Via: Extremis