Sentences with word «flatpack»

It's designed by Norwegian architect Marianne Borge, and is part of a series of flatpack designs (there is also a Woody 35).

Being a family friendly website, I can't use the clever title that Fast Company did to describe the marriage of flatpack furniture with a big heavy mallet: Whackpack.

Students at The University of Oregon's product design school developed a line of flatpack furniture; some of them look like they might barely carry the weight, but

For flatpack construction, cupboard work and, in fact, anything other than screwing into masonry or in very tight spaces, nothing beats electric screwdrivers

Does the prospect of a Sunday afternoon with a pile of IKEA flatpack leave you unfazed?

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As film has made way for digital, both the job and the workplace have changed fundamentally; Richard's beautifully detailed images which capture this moment of transition are on display for the first time at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Gas Hall as part of the 10th Flatpack Film Festival (20 - 24 April).

As the professional tiny house building industry evolves, we're seeing an increasing number of builders experimenting with different ways to get these structures up, ranging from flatpack prefabrication, to advanced timber framing techniques and CNC - cut panelized construction systems.

IKEA's RHUs come in flatpack boxes and are supposed to be assembled in half a day - though some camp dwellers say it takes closer to all day.

A team of IKEA designers have taken on a challenge a little different from their usual fun with flatpack philosophy.

It's like flatpack without the fasteners; you just bang it together with the big mallet that's harder to lose than an Allen key.

Last year, Macfadyen decided to pour the IfF story into a 100 - page booklet called Flatpack Democracy, subtitled «A DIY guide to creating independent politics».

When flatpacked, it folds to nothing so great to store and travel with it.

After all, good flatpack designs use materials efficiently, can be shipped inexpensively, and require a lot of creativity on the part of the designer make them 3D without

Oh, and they are prefab flatpacks, built from a Natural Structural Insulated Panel that they put together in their own 4500 square foot factory.

Completely ignoring our fascination with high tech floating flatpack prefabs in shipping containers, they did the following:

It is a very clever mix of 2D flatpack panels for walls and ceilings, with 3D shallow modules on either end, one containing the bathroom, mechanicals and kitchen with a loft on top, and the other, the glazing, which is fit right into the concrete without traditional window frames since it is made with such accuracy.

TreeHugger loves flatpack construction: it's easy to ship, easy to assemble and generally pretty efficient.

The first episode of «Flatpack Empire» airs at 9 pm, 6th February on BBC 2.

In a world where interior mediocrity is mass produced, and design blandness comes neatly flatpacked, The Curious Department strives to embrace the eccentricity of clutter, clashes and the uncommon, with a splash of opulence and dash of art deco.

Not some funny Inokom IKEA flatpack thingamajig.

That's about enough room for a useless flatpack couch that takes a whole weekend and a PHD in civil engineering to assemble.

Whilst not pushing new boundaries with its story or being a straight up parody, the world building and subtle humour woven throughout make this IKEA - flatpack narrative something special.

Other flatpack kits include cardboard mobiles, wall decorations and pop - out cards.

«Readymechs are free flatpack toys for you to print and build.

We loved the downloadable pinhole camera that demonstrated the possibilities of downloading 3D technology and putting it together; we have droned on about flatpack made - to - order local furniture.

There is a reason people buy flatpack and assemble things themselves.

Think solid cork stools and coffee tables, linen made of seaweed, walnut plaster and gorgeous flatpack furniture.

More on Olympic Buildings First London Olympics Gold Medal Should Go to the Velodrome Architectural Awards for the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly New Olympic Basketball Arena is a Collapsible Flatpack

But I loved the Aandeboom flatpack treehouse that he calls a design crime, and he likes these so - called shipping container cabins by

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In China, the construction industry is a vast employment program; the more sophisticated modular and flatpack technology is for export.

This year they offer these clever flatpack bicycle baskets.

As noted in our earlier post on tin tabernacles, in 19th century Britain corrugated iron flatpack houses were a proud product of the industrial revolution.

Being suckers for anything flatpack, we love Portland designer Nathan Chrislip's Ribcage and Heart card.

For four architecture magazines Horrocks designed four flatpack cardboard symbolic buildings.

Then, at the end of the school year, there are those piles of junk on the street, forlorn flatpacks that weren't worth carting home.

I mean really, others like Kevin Schopfer are proposing floating cities; Andre Duany is floating flatpack cabins; The SEED project proposes container cities, and what does Architecture for Humanity come up with?

Manchester already has its own flatpack school, built in 2008 for # 6M as opposed to approximately # 15M (the price for an average school now).

But I thought flatpack design and end - user assembly was supposed to lower the cost of goods.

They are Parenting Apart, for parents who are separating, divorcing or thinking about divorcing; Sink or Swim, for parents who are struggling with mental health issues; Managing Challenging Behaviour, for parents who are looking to better understand why their children are disruptive and how to reinforce positive behaviour; and Flatpack Guide for Fathers, designed to support fathers in their parenting role.

You might be confident assembling flatpack furniture without reading the instructions first, but tents can be tricky and there's a good chance you'll find yourself wrestling with it in the rain while the kids watch (and laugh) from the car.

Browse our easy - but - brilliant IKEA hacks for some brand new inspiration for ways to customise flatpack furniture.

And no more taking the whole day off to wait for your STOCKHOLM sofa to arrive, as Campaign promises a «ready - to - ship, flatpack solution that doesn't sacrifice style or quality».

There's a new flatpack furniture company hitting our postal service and the word is that it could rival furniture favourites Ikea... What do you think?

The young company, founded by ex-Apple engineer Brad Sewel, has spotted a gap in the market for easily transportable, affordable furniture, which is soon to be landing on our shores and could arguably rival Swedish flatpack furniture favourite Ikea.

Every home we've ever lived in has had a base - level of flatpack keeping it functioning.