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Step Into a Pop-Up Book: 11 Furnishings, Rooms & Houses That Fold Up Flat

Does the same childlike awe and sense of infinite possibility you felt when looking at pop-up books as a kid translate to adult-sized versions of pop-up furniture, rooms and even entire houses ...

Oru Origami-Inspired Folding Kayak is Back with an Updated Design

City dwellers with small apartments and limited storage can now own a kayak that folds up into a suitcase-sized package perfect for toting on your bike or public transit. The Oru Kayak originally ...

Flat-Pack Mobile Architecture: This Building Will Self-Construct in 8 Minutes

Requiring a single tool and very little power, these self-deploying structures are ready for use in minutes, expanding themselves to multiple times their compact travel size. Based in ...

DIY Loft Kits Bridge the Gap Between Furniture & Architecture

Add 160 square feet to your tiny, high-ceilinged apartment without consulting an architect or getting a permit thanks to DIY loft kits that fall somewhere between a renovation and the lofted beds ...

Flat-Pack Emergency Shelters Slot Together Like Puzzles

Times of emergency call for quick action to get victims into safe shelters. Plenty of easily-assembled emergency structures have been designed over the years, but Australian architecture firm BVN ...

WikiHouse: Open-Source DIY Architecture You Can Build

What if building houses were as easy as downloading and 'printing' CNC-milled wooden components, which can be easily and quickly assembled with no formal skills or training? In the future, it ...

Minimalist Wood Peg Furniture is Easy to Assemble & Store

Living in tight urban spaces requires a certain ingenuity in choosing and arranging furniture, to ensure that it not only fits the space but also the inhabitant's changing needs. There are lots ...

Flat-Pack Furniture: 3 Modern Designs from Noon Studio

Simple doesn't mean boring. Take the designs of Noon Studio, which, as design duo Gautier Pelegrin and Taïani Vincent explain, "celebrate simplicity while demonstrating a certain complexity of ...

‘Moody Couch’ and Other Designs from Cologne D3 2011

Lots of fresh, fun, modern home furnishings are on display this week, January 18th - 23rd 2011 at the annual imm cologne design fair in Germany, including entries in the design talent contest. ...

15 Flat-Pack Furniture Designs & Ideas for Saving Space

Thin enough to slide under your door yet able to transform into full-size tables, chairs, bookcases and more, flat-pack furniture isn’t just incredibly clever. This modern rethinking of ...

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