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Space Station Architect Designs Out Of This World Trailer

10:55 am in less is more, lifeedited, living with less, transformer furniture by TreeHugger

cricket trailer with designer photo Images credit Cricket Architect and designer Garrett Finney always loved small spaces, and moved to Houston to work on the habitation module (where the astronauts live) of the International Space Station. Wanting to camp with his kids in a little more comfort than a tent, he combined his "NASA experience with his love of the earth" to design the Cricket, "an innovative lightweight, compact, and flexible small environment in which to travel and explore the world we live in."...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Everyday Furniture Transforms Into Home Gym

11:21 am in Design & Architecture, health and fitness, less is more, sporting goods, transformer furniture by TreeHugger

lucie koldova transformer gym furniture photo All images credit Lucie Koldova There are so many ways to approach design for exercise. Recently we showed a combination of gym equipment and desk that was high-tech, electrified and expensive, and brings fitness into the office;@mocoloco tweets us to their post on Lucie Koldova, who brings fitness equipment into the home...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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It’s A Barbecue! No, It’s a Planter! No, It’s A…..

7:53 am in Design & Architecture, icff, transformer furniture, united kingdom by TreeHugger

black blum hot pot bbq photo Image credit Lloyd Alter We're at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York, looking at the latest in green and small space design. A perennial favourite at ICFF is Black + Blum, a "a creative partnership steeped in innovation" that combines "ruthless practicality with a mischievous and intellectually-satisfying design aesthetic." Their latest idea is the hot-pot bbq, designed for small spaces. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Flatpack Table Assembles Like House of Cards

12:04 pm in finland, flatpack, tables, transformer furniture by TreeHugger

nzela table assembly photo Images credit Kayiwa Upon seeing the NZELA table in Swiss Miss, I was immediately reminded of two things: the way Gerrit Rietveld used colour in the Red Blue Chair; the way one assembles Charles Eames' house of cards. It is such a simple concept....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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