By Charlie White, 12:55 PM on Thu Jan 4 2007, 2,578 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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This refrigerator design concept is more weird than it is beautiful. Its midsection is like the trunk of a tree, and it has five container/cabinets arrayed around it that resemble tree branches. Push a foot switch and the motorized main section opens.

You can store pieces of fruit in its branch-like modules, and when you take out, say, an apple, it feels like you're picking it off a tree. There's one box that resembles a birdhouse where you presumably refrigerate eggs, plucking them from their nest when it's time for breakfast. Check out more full-sized pics of the goofiness:

Maybe this design concept is good for a laugh, but this can't be very efficient. We'd rather have our refrigerator built-in style, and big enough for plenty of brewskis. – Charlie White

Tree House Fridge [Yanko Design, via BornRich]