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| Eco-Friendly Geodesic Houseboat Costs Less Than $2,000 Posted: 10 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PDT Buckminster Fuller, the architect and futurist who popularized the geodesic dome, would be proud of Michael Weekes’ work. Weekes built a geodesic houseboat for less than $2000 and showed Buffalo, New York just how easy it is to live sustainably and in a tiny space. The boat, made of simple materials like plywood and recycled storage containers, is a testament to the ease, affordability and fun of waterborne living and recreation. Weekes’ houseboat measures 16 feet long and is non-powered. It is held afloat by 27 recycled gallon storage containers which give it amazing floating power: the deck can hold up to 5000 pounds. With sleeping room for four or socializing space for 12, the houseboat is the perfect place to spend a weekend relaxing with friends or family. There’s even a low-tech toilet on-board, so if you bring all needed supplies with you there’s no need to leave the houseboat all weekend. The houseboat is scalable and can be built to an individual’s preferred size specifications. According to Weekes, they can be built in a matter of weeks for less than $10,000. The sustainable, affordable, low-tech houseboats offer a way to enjoy the waterside without paying thousands of dollars a month in rent for the premium space. Weighing in at just 60 pounds, the boat doesn’t require a tie-down or even a state permit – and it can be a fun introduction to the experience of tiny space living. Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles: |
| Nomadic Interiors: Travel with a Hotel Room on Your Back Posted: 09 Mar 2014 02:00 PM PDT Fashion, travel and interior design come together in a series of wearable furnishings commissioned by the Textielmuseum in the Netherlands. Created for an exhibition that examines a century of textiles in Dutch interiors, the collection by Studio Makkink & Bey presents the designers’ interpretation of the ‘rooms of the future,’ wherein furniture is detached from physical space. The series is both a celebration of the striking minimalism of Dutch textiles, and a commentary on the disconnect between ‘ideal interiors’ and what most people are able to realistically afford. This collection of nomadic interiors is part of a larger exhibition taking a look at the usage of fabric in Dutch households in seven distinct time periods over the past 100 years. The designers displayed fashionable, magazine-spread-worthy ideals contrasted by images of real single-room dwellings inhabited by working-class families of the time. Studdio Makkink & Bey clearly envisions a future in which settling into a comfortable long-term home is no longer the norm, and people must be prepared to move their belongings to a new location at any moment. The series of easily transportable furnishings includes ‘vouwplats,’ a knit mattress that can be used as a chair when rolled up, supported by a wooden frame that makes it wearable like a hiking pack. ‘Warmtekleed’ is a wooden basket containing a combination rug/tablecloth. When turned upside down with the handles out, it becomes a table or stool. And in case the people living in this somewhat dystopian future still have the luxury of caring about privacy, there’s also ‘Vensterlicht,’ a flexible room divider that folds up like an umbrella. It may not be as compact and lightweight as modern camping equipment, but the series makes an interesting case for portable furnishings fit for a traveler’s lifestyle in any era. Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles: |
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