Life-Style Follower Furn
We mostly move between 18 and 33 years old. The departure of the family unit, one or several collocation, the first flat, the beginning of the couple life ... then we want a greater surface, we are waiting the first kid and are lokking for a property purchase. Unfortunately for 40% of couples it is the separation after five years together. Everyone take his furniture and everything has to be redone. Like technology and communication, developments and changes are becoming faster. Flexibility and scalability are essential nowadays and are synonymous with ease, saving time, saving and sustainable development. At each stage of life, our environment will adapt to our needs and vice versa.
When moving, if furniture is removable, which is very convenient, disassembly, reassembly weaken them, if they are not removable, moves are painful and expensive. Although the sale or resale of used furniture are part of an act of sustainable development, to leave a furniture, because he did not survive a move or because it does not fit a new interior is a pure loss. That is why the shelf life of our furniture decreases. Furniture, Latin movibilis (which can be moved) often tends to become real estate: inflexible and unmovable.
Tomorrow's furniture will be modular, flexible, scalable, economical and recyclable as part of sustainable development. It will withstand many moves while adapting to new housing configurations. Current removable furniture, with fixed dimensions at purchase and assembly by wood screws should be rethought. This development will go through the modular furniture assembly metal-metal for disassembly, reassembly perennial. Items will be standards around multiples of 10 cm simple dimensions. The modules will be developed in order to integrate various situations which will reduce the costs of industrial mass production.
All these constraints will require the creation of only 12 panels of wood 15 mm and 2 reconstituted stone panels 15 mm for the implementation of all of the furniture housing : library, bed, dressing , cupboard, sofa, desk, bar, table. The combination of panels opens infinite possibilities for the development of an apartment while ensuring harmony in the home. The panels were created to offer great freedom of assembly. System bearing pin-tube in stell with hexagon socket will ensure many mounts, unmounts safe. Five types of connections are provided: single between panels - hinges between panels to achieve the doors - panels to a wall - panels to the floor - panels to handle.
Once know around society, two people who chose LIFE-STYLE FOLLOWER FURN can smoothly move into a home without having to choose between two furniture. They will share elements naturally for the redevelopment of a new modular interior while maximizing storage space with the assurance of a flexible and timeless design. The concept LIFE-STYLE FOLLOWER FURN is a new style of furniture build to follow young urban generation in there successive move and who chose flexibility and modularity as a way of life.
Location
Your flat
Client
You
Designer
olijf.fr
Program
Create the furniture of tomorrow
Time-table
competition : january 2014
