Christian Schallert in his 258 square-foot “Lego” apartment.
How do you fit a kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom, shower/toilet and a table into a tiny 258 square-foot apartment? If you’re Christian Schallert, you cram it all inside of custom-built walls and furniture that when transformed, creates a surprisingly cozy “LEGO” apartment. (Pics and video)
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Whether the trucks were transporting oil, milk or some other sort of liquid, designer Aristide Antonas has conjured up a world where we would recycle the containers into apartments. The gallery below shows a post-apocalyptic world where we remain mobile. (Pics)
As Antonas says, these keg apartments:
“…can be detached from their cars and can form more stable units for a certain period. A big circular window can be introduced in the vehicle’s cylinder towards the car’s side with the use of an enforced circular frame. This will give the form of a window open to the driver’s section or to any chosen view if the keg stops in a particular way.
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From French designer Stephanie Bellanger comes the Mobile Mini House, a compact trailer design that opens up into an abode not unlike a railroad apartment like you’d find in New York. (Pics)
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During the recession, families are forced to cut back on luxuries in order to keep money in the bank for life’s unavoidable expenses. In lieu of taking an expensive, luxury vacation overseas, many families and individuals are opting instead for fake vacations at home which are creating a world of new business opportunities for entrepreneurs.
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Many people find that city life is exhausting and now scientists know the reason. Here’s how urban living is actually detrimental to the human brain:
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Who needs a big, bulky desk? If you live in a small apartment, a desk takes up a ton of room you just don’t have to spare. That’s why the Ci Desk Mobile Workstation is so awesome. It’s tiny, yet big enough to be very useful when you need it to be.
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You won’t have your grandparents over to your posh, colorful apartment in Tokyo while living at the Reversible Destiny Lofts. Designed by NY-based architects Arakawa & Gins (who, between you and me, need to pick some different colors for their website), these units are packed full of all sorts of hurdles only the youthful could put up with: uneven floors, balcony doors you have to crawl through, spherical rooms, blinding colors, transparent showers – the list goes on.
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Famed vacuum-cleaner maker Electrolux shows it doesn’t suck as much as you think by putting on a design competition every year. This year’s nine Design Lab ’08 finalists have outdone those from the past, with students inventing and designing a variety of ambitious devices that might make your quality of life better – if they’re ever actually manufactured. See an overview of the amazing gadgets in the video above.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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