"I love fresh ideas about everything". Adriana Siso founded her contemporary industrial design store in 2002 in Santa Fe, NM. With a background in Fine Arts, Adriana has been an innovator, bringing to the Santa Fe area, original and unique industrial design products by some of the most creative design firms in the world.
Multifunctional space –
What else do we really need? This is my idea of a perfect space. The impeccable classy design formed out of moving parts in 258 square feet. The next step to this “Lego-style” apartment would be mobility. Wouldn’t it be great to have this transformable, multifunctional habitat be able to fit perfectly in a container to be transported anywhere? Where do I sign up? The “action pad” of Christian Schallert is a perfect example of what you can do in a reduced space, a grand idea. The concept of Living Small takes brilliant shape.
Re-posted from Fair Companies – When Christian Schallert isn’t cooking, dressing, sleeping, or eating, his 24 square meters (258 square feet) apartment is an empty cube. To use a piece of furniture, he has to build it. To sleep, he rolls his bed out from under the balcony, his stairs become bedside tables and he can even swing his tv out from the wall. To dine, he lowers a plank from the wall, his flower-stand becomes support and his stairs become a bench. To cook, he clicks a spot on his vast wall of click-able furniture, and a spring-loaded door swings up to reveal an instant kitchen: double-burner, dishwasher, sink, countertop, and microwave oven. The full-sized refrigerator and freezer click open just alongside.
Located in Barcelona’s hip Born district, the tiny apartment is a remodeled pigeon loft. Christian (a Barcelona-based photographer) says its design was inspired by the space-saving furniture aboard boats, as well as the clean lines of a small Japanese home.
While there’s undoubtedly more work involved in constructing and deconstructing the dining room/kitchen/bedroom for everyday use or to prepare a meal (one of his friends has dubbed it “G.I. Joe’s flat”), Christian claims it helps keep him in shape.
In this video, Christian shows us his Lego-style apartment and invites a few friends over to cook and lunch with him in his small space.
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