Tag: Transformer Furniture - Page 8
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Transformer Furniture: Marie Antoinette's Library Ladder
Marie Antoinette found the consumption at Versailles to be a bit conspicuous, so she tended to retire to her modest little pile in the woods, the Petit Trianon, to do her own social networking.
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Giovanni Socci Does Transformer Furniture. In 1810
We love transformer furniture that serves multiple functions; it saves space and lets you do more with less. We have shown few as complex as this desk by Giovanni Socci et fils, made in 1810 and seen at the Louvre in Paris. Note the three-legged chair
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Transformer Camper Pops Up and Out
Did you like the Japanese popup camper? Andrew Dutton designs one that goes up and out as well. via Doornob.
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Tiny Transformer RV Camper Turns From Truck To Two Storey House
When one designs a boat, trailer, mobile home or RV, it can be fabulous test-beds for designers to show how one can live with less space, how to squeeze every cubic inch out. They also have to deal with many restrictions in weight, shape and
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Transformer Furniture: Test Collective's Coffee Table/ Sk8tr Ramp
We do love multifunctional furniture, but usually the functions are prosaic and practical. Not at the Test Collective. which has produced a coffee table that you can take outside (or I suppose leave inside) and use as a sk8tr ramp. It is made from
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Transformer Furniture: Table Turns Into a Loveseat
We couldn't get to BKLYN DESIGNS this year, (why do they schedule it a week before ICFF, it makes coverage impossible for anyone but New Yorkers?), but Inhabitat did a terrific job of covering it like a blanket, and gave the Best of Show award to the
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What is Green Design? 13 Questions We'll Be Asking at ICFF
What is "Green design?" Why do things appear on TreeHugger? What criteria do we use?
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Transformer Furniture: The Nod Office by Stephen Johnson
...because I just saw a newer version last
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Transformer Furniture: Nothing New Under the Sun (Slideshow)
In the last fifty years the interiors of our houses and offices have revolved around technology, be it the land line phone, the television or the computer. As these all shrink, morph, combine and go wireless, it becomes much easier to develop
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CircuitBox: Transformer Furniture in a Shipping Container
There isn't a lot of room inside a shipping container to accommodate different functions, so Italian designers Studio X Design Group came up with a way of sliding elements in and out according to the needs of the moment.
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Room in a Box: You Can Take it With You
We have previously shown the Casulo apartment full of furniture in a box and beds in a box; now the Office for Design and Architecture tosses in the room too. It is a "modular dwelling system that can be retrofitted to existing spaces. Designed to be
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Small Apartments with Big Impact (Slideshow)
Daniel Burnham said "Make no little plans", but he lived in Chicago where the rents are cheap, not New York, London or Tokyo. In those and other expensive cities, people trade space for location and live in very small spaces indeed. It takes clever
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Best of Green: Design + Architecture (Slideshow)
Update: Vote now for Best of Show! Now that the initial voting period has ended, it's time to vote for the 'Best in Show' -- check out the category winners in the Best in Show slideshow, and then click over to Planet Green to View & Vote for your
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10 Coolest Multifunctional Furniture Designs (Slideshow)
Transformer furniture is a TreeHugger favorite, from an entire apartment in a box to a dual table equally at home for coffee or dining and beds that hide in the ceiling. Check out a slideshow of some of the coolest multifunctional furniture designs out
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10 Coolest Multifunctional Furniture Designs
It doesn't look like it, but hiding in this box are an armoire, a desk, a height-adjustable stool, two more stools, a six-shelf bookcase, and a bed with a mattress. Casulo is a brilliant transforming furnishing system that fits an entire apartment's worth
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Transformer Furniture: Mobile Dressing Table
Once upon a time you didn't worry if your luggage could fit in the overhead bin. This makeup trunk folds out into a dressing table; It could just as easily have been designed for a travelling office.
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OneSelf Bathroom Has Works in the Drawer
For LifeEdited, Graham describes his needs in the bathroom: The apartment needs to have a toilet, a sink, a shower, and perhaps a steam room. The setup should look great, be space efficient, conserve water and energy, and have low embodied energy. Must
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Transformer Clothing: C.P. Company's Coat Turns into Armchair
Justin Gargasz needs one of these to wear along with his Vessel Jacket: A raincoat that turns into an armchair. The writer at Found_NYC has the one shown above, from 2002. It was produced by Italian clothier C.P. Company and designed by by Moreno
