Monday, April 26, 2010

Small that's big

You know I love Ikea. There's something about the usability and efficiency of space (as well as the fashion sense, balanced with our image of utopia). And I'm continually delighted by the space-saving designs featured on Apartment Therapy.

So all this is taken up a couple notches, two-fold:

* Gary Chang's
344 square foot Hong Kong apartment: Wow. Not only a utilization of design to expand and diversify space, but also an embrace of tracks and reflective surfaces.



*
Window Farms' quest to design hydroponic gardens efficiently mounted along small urban windows:





How much more can we do with and within small? And how can we redefine small?

2 comments:

  1. Someone we know is going to incorporate the Hong Kong apt. in his den.

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  2. Very cool - thanks for sharing.

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