JAPANESE PUZZLE BOX HOME
filed in DESIGN on Oct.17, 2008
Yen Ha and Michi Yanagishita of New York’s Front Studio redesigned a 380 square foot straight-line studio for an imaginary client. It is full of great ideas for small spaces; I loved the idea of the trundle bed sliding under the platform. (in most murphy beds, one has to make the bed, remove the clothes on it, and fasten a strap. Here you have the works in a drawer, just push it all under when the doorbell rings) open and closed: everything hinges and slides, the dining table folds down, the kitchen opens up and the office goes away at night
The architects were asked how they came up with the idea of sliding the bed under the living-room floor.
“We were frustrated thinking of all these different solutions, and we got hungry,” Ms. Yanagishita said. “We went to have Korean food in a restaurant on 32nd Street. We were eating kimchi — pickled cabbage — and we noticed the raised platform we were sitting on.
“Then all the little pieces came together like a Japanese puzzle box: things slide out, things fold in, things tuck away. It is clean, we hope, without any fussiness.” ::New York Times and be sure to watch the ::slideshow.
November 20th, 2009 on 11:02 pm
I am not sure if would want so little square footage, but this space seems quite functional.
November 21st, 2009 on 8:11 am
yup its functional… i may say applicable to spaces with limited area and still want to have all those rooms and ares i your place.. neat