What's the matter with these chairs and that table? Designer Benjamin Hopf has somehow frozen them in time, falling apart before your very eyes. Not to worry — their construction is still sturdy enough to hold you up either before or after even the most serious chow-down session.

While the cost of these arty accoutrements isn't mentioned on the artist's site, you'll probably have to pay more than the usual price for a dinette set if you'd like to possess this physics-defying tribute to the process of falling apart.

That might be worth it: the looks on guests' faces when their host invites them to have a seat? Priceless. My response to my dear host would be, "After you."

Via Design Milk