Tag: Small Spaces - Page 7
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London Designer Brings Semi-Permanent Inflatable Buildings to Market
Need a spare room, but only for a few months? Want to make your outdoor jacuzzi an indoor one for the winter? Thanks to Airclad, by Inflate, now you can. The London based designer, which has been producing temporary
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Gorgeous 300 Sq. Foot Live/Work Loft Has A Place For Everything
Presented at Casa FOA interior design exhibition in Buenos Aires, this lovely 300 sq. feet apartment is architects Leandro Artigala and Sergio Coluccio's response to the challenge of conceiving a
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Less is More: How a few sticks create elegant coat racks (Photos)
Inspired by Japanese Kimonos, the coat racks by the German company Noi are sculpture-like structures made from minimum amount of materials. The different wooden objects are all sticks; no need for screws, glue or other fasteners to hold them up. They
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Buenos Aires renovation has clever use of space, recycled materials
Argentineans are known for making much with little, and this is true in architecture as well. The PH is a local typology of small houses aligned in long and narrow lots, which provides the feeling of a home with some
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Pack Your Favourite Flavours with the Mobile Foodie
There is a lovely scene in the Lord of the Rings where Samwise drops a little box and almost gets Frodo killed trying to catch it. The all-important box contained Sam's seasonings, "because you never know when you are going to
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Seed Sprouters: Easy to Use & Simple Designs
I love fresh sprouts all year round; they are healthy and taste great on toasts, in salads and in soups. However I don't like ugly, bulky and over-designed objects in my kitchen in order for the seeds
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The Scandalously Non-Comformist Life of a Car-Free Celebrity: Hot Young 'Mad Men' Actor Tells All!
The tendency in Hollywood to "equate carlessness to loserdom" is well-documented, but one of its young stars is bucking that trend. Mad Men actor Vincent Kartheiser not only
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Neat Wood Mat Folds Into A Stool, Disappears In The Floor When Done
Another product from Colombian studio DosUno Design (whose Rubix transformer furniture set we reviewed yesterday), Deckstool is a simple wood mat that folds into a stool. Apart from being perfect for small spaces,
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Rubix Transformer Furniture Set Turns Your Living Room Into Dining Room In No Time (Photos)
Perfect for small spaces and aiming at the less-is-more approach, Rubix is a transformer-furniture set that can be both a living room lounge and a dinning room set up. Designed by Colombian firm DosUno Design, the set
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London Design Festival 2010: Julika Welge's Growing & Repairable Felt Carpet
Here is an interesting idea for a rug made of pieces of felt. We stumbled upon Julika Welge's Growing Carpet at this year's Designersblock at the London Design Festival, where the bright colours and the rich texture first
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Gorgeous Garage Conversion By Shed Architects
The appropriately named SHED Architecture and Design has done a lovely garage conversion into a 300 square foot studio apartment in a Seattle backyard.
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Bürstner Trailer Has Lessons For Living In Smaller Spaces
Those designing for small spaces can learn a lot from boats and travel trailers, particularly from European designs. Caravanning is a high-end luxury activity in Europe and some of the models put luxury yachts to shame. This Bürstner Averso Plus is
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Andrew Maynard's Airdrop House: Just Add Water
Cameron Sinclair of Architecture For Humanity always says that the last thing people need after a disaster is another architect's idea for instant housing, but that hasn't stopped TreeHugger Best of Green Young Architect Andrew Maynard from looking at
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My Space: Popup Room for Kids to Play With Their Friendsters
Kids get to have all the fun. Designer Liya Mairson has designed My Space "specifically for small urban apartments which lack the space for a play room....in its closed mode [it] takes minimal space and can be stored behind a door or under a single
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Engineer Designs 182 Square Foot Boat-In-a-Basement
Rebecca Teagarden of the Seattle Times visits Steve Sauer's 182 square foot basement apartment. The 6'-2" tall engineer designs airplane interiors for Boeing, but notes a different inspiration: "The greatest
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Sheds Grow On Pompidou Centre in Paris
The Pompidou Centre is one of the most remarkable buildings of the 20th century, with extraordinary engineering. But what would you expect from Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers in partnership? This spring it sprouted
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R-House in Syracuse Can Be Heated With A Hair Dryer
Passive House, or Passivhaus design is finally becoming really active in North America, and is popping up in communities across the country. Just recently we showed a traditional one in Oregon, but are back to form with the R-House, the winner of a
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Capsule Hotels Get A Modern Makeover
But they were models of space efficiency,
