Designer Nicholas Belly won second prize in L'ARGUS design competition
with his flatpack scooter and bike.
A team of IKEA designers have taken on a challenge a little different from their usual fun
with flatpack philosophy.
Not exact matches
It is simply not sensible (as Reeves, in fact, does say) that, «Successful crusades require a clear ideological purpose, an inspiring leadership and an accurate map of the destination,» as though the future were some sort of
flatpack, complete
with exploded diagrams, and the business of politics were some version of Fascism Lite.
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.
Does the prospect of a Sunday afternoon
with a pile of IKEA
flatpack leave you unfazed?
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.
It is shipped not quite as a
flatpack, but
with all of its panels hinged together.
TreeHugger didn't show many of the proposals for housing in Haiti, like Andrés Duany's proposals for a
flatpack design (here in Jetson Green); We have spent too much time
with Cameron Sinclair, who says «Top down solutions will
Michael Leckie says he is «Inspired by the idea of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad of providing affordable well - designed products «for the many people», and continues
with references to
flatpack, the popular term for RTA or ready - to - assemble furniture that is usually frameless.
Really, in this age of
flatpack and 3D printing and delivery by drones, it is a joy to behold such a useful product, so lovingly «made for the discriminating consumer, priced and fabricated to compete
with the best.»
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.
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.
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?
I am a sucker for furniture that can slide under your door; Imagine how much less shipping, less material is needed when it
flatpacks so efficiently, Dutch designer Louwrien Kaptein had designed an entire apartment, complete
with working area, sitting,
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.
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 didn't show many of the proposals for housing in Haiti, like Andrés Duany's proposals for a
flatpack design (here in Jetson Green); We have spent too much time
with Cameron Sinclair, who says «Top down solutions will cause tragic consequences for generations to come.
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.