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Cardboard City @ Sofia Design Week 2011 by Victoria Knysh
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new curtains, new plants, new weather, new homes...
An architectural firm in Oregon has collaborated with IKEA to come up with a flat-pack home costing $86,500.
aktiv by IKEA and ideabox
aktiv blueprint by IKEA and ideabox
From the article written by Trevor Mogg: “lIf you’re the kind of person that breaks into a cold sweat when called upon to perform even the simplest of do-it-yourself tasks, then you’ll be delighted to know that IKEA offers help with constructing its latest product — a flat-pack house. The Swedish furniture giant is famed the world over for its affordable furniture and accessories, but this is the first time it’s come up with a building in which you can put it all. Called aktiv, the house will be the first in a series of designs offering people an eco-friendly Swedish-inspired home with a functional, wide-open living area that makes careful use of all the available space. IKEA worked with Oregon-based architectural firm Ideabox to come up with aktiv’s design, which features, as you would expect, a whole of kit from IKEA. You’ll find state-of-the-art cooking appliances inside, including an induction cooktop and convection oven. As well as a counter-depth refrigerator, the kitchen is also equipped with a dishwasher. The bedroom incorporates plenty of storage in the form of IKEA closets, while the bathroom has a two-sink vanity and four drawers together with a storage cabinet. The home also comes with IKEA flooring, though one assumes without the arrows. At just over 53 feet long and 14 feet wide, aktiv is certainly compact yet looking at the images, seems comfortably spacious. One possible annoyance is that the bathroom is en suite, so if you have guests over they’ll have to pass through your bedroom every time they need to powder their nose.
aktiv living room by IKEA and ideabox
aktiv bedroom by IKEA and ideabox
Happily, it seems the biggest challenge facing buyers of the flat-pack house will be getting the darn thing in the trolley, as help is given with constructing aktiv. “For those of us IKEA fans, the pure delight of walking and imagining our way through an IKEA store quickly turns to the daunting task of assembly when we get home,” Ideabox’s website says. “Not a worry… When your [home] arrives, all of the cabinets, countertops, and flooring are installed… it’s like the best of everything!”
aktiv kitchen by IKEA and ideabox
home is where you recognize something familiar
I’m back in Milan, for the “avanzamento” (from our Design PhD – Syllabus: “to be admitted to the following year and, in conclusion, to the final discussion of the thesis, the doctoral candidates have to show to have affected the complex of the activities foreseen by the program“) and for Christmas holidays.
italian Christmas tree
I’ve found something really interesting from Belgium: an observatory of life at home, ILIV.
ILIV infographics: Bienvenue dans ma maison
Relax, recharge, get together with family or friends, welcome people, to feel safe, express creativity … More than just four walls, furniture and a roof, the house represents our life. So, ILIV’s mission is to highlight the importance of home life through scientific surveys, interviews and expert advice. Look at this photographic reportage: the feeling of “feel at home” expressed using pictures.
Patricia, 51 ans, Houffalize @ Se sentir à la maison en images
ILIV intends to take the pulse of our way of life at home and make people aware that our home life has an impact on every facet of our lives.
IKEA’s mission is to improve people’s lives in their home life: their dreams, their needs, challenges and aspirations. That’s why IKEA supports financially ILIV in his research on life at home in Belgium. Anyway, ILIV operates completely independently of IKEA.
Tjen, 61 ans, Peer @ Se sentir à la maison en images
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