Furnitecture: Furniture That Transforms Space

Furnitecture: Furniture That Transforms Space

<p><strong>Presents a wave of designers who are applying architectural techniques to create innovative new furnishing options</strong></p><em>Furnitecture</em> is a sourcebook exploring the furnishings, interior environments, and solutions for small spaces at the meeting point between design and architecture. The book features the work of a rising generation of designers across the globe who are starting to think about furniture in an architectural way, resulting in pieces that brilliantly transform interior spaces.<br /><br /> Boosted by digital design and new manufacturing possibilities, furniture design that morphs into €œmicro architecture€ is one of the most innovative fields of design today. Surveyed here are hundreds of examples of these objects, including bookshelves that can dynamically divide and reshape a room, chairs that create intimate room-like enclosures, and self-contained, expandable kitchen cubes. From Chicago-based firm Bureau Spectacular€s €œBriefcase house,€ and Japanese architect Shigeru Ban€s moving boxes within rooms to Dutch designers Makkink & Bey€s conversational Ear Chairs and the French atelier 37.2€s series of self-standing cubes, <em>Furnitecture</em> opens the door to a world of design invention and innovation.<br /><br /> Presented in a compact, beautifully illustrated format, this volume will be an essential resource for designers and hip consumers everywhere. 400+ color illustrations