Têxteis Penedo’s magic pillow

Ingenious, innovative and bold are some of the qualities that come to mind when Pillow2bed is presented. A new product by Têxteis Penedo, that promises to leave an impression in the home textiles and furniture markets.

The project developed over the past few months, by the Guimarães company in association with the research centres CITEVE and CeNTI, comes to completion in April, announcing with it an easier way of life at home or on holidays.

“A lot of times, when people welcome guests, the only way to have an extra bed is using a mattress or a sofa bed. Now comes this new, more practical and more compact solution”, describes Lúcia Rodrigues, CITEVE’s project manager. The system is relatively easy to explain: the product looks just like a decorative pillow – with varying sizes, but with a minimum width of 80cm – that unfolds and spreads into a fully equipped bed, with a similar structure to a mattress, sheets, bedspread and, of course, a pillow to rest your head on.

Besides saving space at home, Pillow2bed also comes equipped with a shoulder strap so that it can be taken anywhere. It shows that it is ready for domestic comfort as well as tourism, especially for the young and upcoming sectors: Couchsurfing, Bed & Breakfast or local housing.

Although compact, the goal is to offer a quality product. In the manufacturing of the final prototype, which is now being subjected to final testing, solely natural materials were used in order to make sure that the pillow-bed is mite and dirt free.

For now, only an adult sized version is being developed, but in the future it could be adapted to the children’s market. “It can become a very interesting product for kindergartens”, suggests Lúcia Rodrigues, foreseeing a promising future for this product that is truly an all-in-one.