Accordion couch [Video]

From Boing Boing:

The sofa appears to be made out of hundreds of thin, flat chair-shaped silhouettes, joined together by some kind of membrane in an accordion that can collapse down into a dictionary-think [sic] chunk or be spread out for feet on end, as a divan, chair or sofa.

I have to wonder about how stable this design would be when opened the opposite direction (outwards rather than inwards), but this type of design would work great for those situations where you just can't find the right sized couch for that oft neglected corner of the living room. What about wrapping it around a table for a card game?

Link (via Boing Boing)