Reminds me of this Hong Kong apartment which can transform into many types of rooms.
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ORI Movable Furniture
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#12The first thing we are shown on this website: a bed descending upon a sofa and coffee table. And if you scroll down a bit, you will see it from the side.
Let's think about it for a second:
- you cannot have anything (unless it's flat, so maybe a book on a table) on those mebels if you want to lower the bed
- you also need to make sure nothing is around to block your bed
- you cannot use the wall at all since it's part of the lowering mechanism
- you need to fit this whole contraption inside
- there must be some additional lines holding the "inner" end of the bed otherwise it would fall apart
- having a heavy mechanical contraption right above my head doesn't really induce a feeling of safety
- it can get stuck up, so you are left without a bed
- or even worse, it can get stuck halfway through descending, so you have no room left in your room
Incidentally, a good folding couch has none of the aforementioned problems.
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#13This stuff looks really cool in videos but as someone who owns some folding / roll-out furniture it's fucking annoying as hell. You have to have absolutely nothing in a room to make folding furniture work. Otherwise you have one little thing out and now it's in the way.
I can imagine. It feels like these transformable living solutions require you to adopt an ultra-minimalist approach to everything. Can't have a stray plant or fuzzy carpet. You have to obey the intricacies of the furniture.
In some situations and for some people I guess it pays off. Seems like a hassle to me.
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#14The first thing we are shown on this website: a bed descending upon a sofa and coffee table. And if you scroll down a bit, you will see it from the side. Let's think about it for a second: - you cannot have anything (unless it's flat, so maybe a book on a table) on those mebels if you want to lower the bed - you also need to make sure nothing is around to block your bed - you cannot use the wall at all since it's par…
sure, as a piece of engineering it sucks, but think of it as the setup for a slapstick comedic scene that has not yet paid off.
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#15I feel like something like this only makes sense if you are someplace like New York, San Francisco or Paris. Not because property is so crazy expensive there but because you are in the midst of a density of people, places and things, so that makes it make sense to densify the interior of your home. I'm not sure I can articulate it effectively, but I have looked at such furniture online and that's my tentative hypothe…
Yeah that's just it; I would have loved a tiny apartment with clever things like this ten ish years ago after I had just moved out, but only if it was affordable (Tiny houses, apartments, single room places are a compromise. Some people really insist on living in a city, which is fair enough for them. Some people compromise to do so. I for one am happy to live outside of the cities in a normal size house with a bit of outdoor space. Long-term plan is to move to a bigger place, even further away from the cities (I live in a suburb at the moment).
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#16This stuff looks really cool in videos but as someone who owns some folding / roll-out furniture it's fucking annoying as hell. You have to have absolutely nothing in a room to make folding furniture work. Otherwise you have one little thing out and now it's in the way.
It's a bit like living in a hotel, I feel. More of a place to sleep than a place to live. And for some people, that's just fine - I can see setups like this really work for people who spend their day at work and their spare time out as well. Might work for e.g. airbnb's, but you'll want something cheaper and more idiot / roughhousing proof for that purpose. And expats or contractors who need to be put up in an apartment for, idk, up to a year.
It's no longer viable if there's more than one person in a place like this though.
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#17The first thing we are shown on this website: a bed descending upon a sofa and coffee table. And if you scroll down a bit, you will see it from the side. Let's think about it for a second: - you cannot have anything (unless it's flat, so maybe a book on a table) on those mebels if you want to lower the bed - you also need to make sure nothing is around to block your bed - you cannot use the wall at all since it's par…
My wife would actually appretiate your first fiew points the opposite way - don't have shit laying around when you go to sleep and be minimalistic about decorating your rooms. I am not saying that I like the ORI products but I think your first points are just a personal preference. Having have mechanical contraption above my head would scare me too.
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#18The first thing we are shown on this website: a bed descending upon a sofa and coffee table. And if you scroll down a bit, you will see it from the side. Let's think about it for a second: - you cannot have anything (unless it's flat, so maybe a book on a table) on those mebels if you want to lower the bed - you also need to make sure nothing is around to block your bed - you cannot use the wall at all since it's par…
Or the bed malfunctions while you're asleep and you get pinned against the ceiling. Or your secret office space behind your TV closes in on you because someone in a meeting shouts "hey Ori, close my office!"
Unless they took care to secure their IoT Heavy Furniture.
It all looks very fancy but this is one aspect of life where I appreciate low- or no-technology.
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#19This stuff looks really cool in videos but as someone who owns some folding / roll-out furniture it's fucking annoying as hell. You have to have absolutely nothing in a room to make folding furniture work. Otherwise you have one little thing out and now it's in the way.
I can imagine. It feels like these transformable living solutions require you to adopt an ultra-minimalist approach to everything. Can't have a stray plant or fuzzy carpet. You have to obey the intricacies of the furniture. In some situations and for some people I guess it pays off. Seems like a hassle to me.
It would quickly turn to hell if depression or burnout set in and you didn't have the energy to keep the place perfectly free of clutter. I suppose if you could afford a place with that kind of furniture, you could afford housekeeping, but you'd still have to deal with the time in between cleans.
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#20The video of the bed descending upon the sofa and coffee table seems to solve the wrong problem: if you have space above your living room you can essentially build a stable bunk above rather than having the entire bed move up and down.