Long ago people didn’t have a lot of personal possessions. Not everyone had their own power-drill, cookie pans or tripod. And because the nearest Target was 30 years away, rather than not assembling that desk, eating raw cookie dough or.
When my parents were kids, their parents slept in the dining room. These were not poor people. They just figured the dining room was so seldom used, why not put it to use? Fast forward 60 years and for many.
French designer Paul Menand re-imagines the stacking chair with Paul Menand Triplette Chair his “Triplette Chair.” Menand interlocks the 3 precision-made chairs into one, thereby eliminating the gaps and empty spaces that can decrease the overall usable volume of a room. See.
The world seems determined to sell us more stuff. If buying were the end of the story, that would be OK. But it’s just the beginning. Besides buying stuff, you must store it, charge it, clean it and look at.
Is your closet teeming with single-purpose clothing? You got wool slacks for fancy, jeans for chilling and sweatpants for, um, sweating. Before you know it, you have a ton of barely-used clothes maxing out both closet and credit card. What.
Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. –Charles Eames This cabinet with drying-rack shelves eliminates that awkward, space-hogging standalone rack that never quite fits in the sink or the counter..