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Modular Marvel: Paris Micro-Home with Pull-Out Furniture

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:00 AM PST

With its small and awkward footprint, this 350-square-foot building could have been a lost cause from the start were it not for the ingenuity of the architects and the flexibility of the owner.

Walls become reading nooks or narrow staircases (with hardly room for anything like a handrail!) when indented, or house hidden chairs that can be pulled out where they are thicker. Christian Pottgiesser worked and reworked these connections until all needs were met in this minimal abode.

As the plan illustrates, the central space is the key, and becomes an annex to tiny rooms and other functions around the periphery of the building, like a bed without any floor area beyond the space directly below it.

Trap doors and other tricks add elements of interaction and surprise, packing as much possibility as, well, possible, into this small space. Copious glass provides natural illumination to make it feel bigger as well.

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Loud Style: Subwoofer Chair is a Subsonic Seat on Steroids

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

Move over rumble-packs – this seating solution builds serious sound all around you, rumbling you right from below for the volume-oriented audiophile.

John Greg Ball has been working on versions, drafts and prototypes of this design for years, building two subwoofers, two mid-range blasters, and two high end tweeters into a single seat.

The result is a range of sound that blasts out the sides as well as the back, right by each ear – talk about surround sound (but be sure to talk loudly, or the person sitting next to you might not be able to hear what you say).