Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

ORI Movable Furniture

oriliving.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

21–30 of 49 posts

Re: ORI Movable Furniture

#21

Post by wakeupcall »

wodenokoto wrote: post #5

If you get a kick out of optimizing small apartments, check out the YouTube channel “never too small”. Before you decide to move into a super small, space optimized apartment look around your current place. Is it always super neat and tidy? You need to be making your bed every day and put away your furniture all the time in order to make many of the tiny apartment designs work. https://youtube.com/c/NEVERTOOSMALL

I love that channel. I still think small apartments suck though, as is "moveable furniture".

It only works as long as you're doing one and only thing at a time. If that space is shared, be prepared to move away and clean everything when you commit to the other activity which takes the same space. It only works for a very small number of activities.

Said by a person using a bunk bed to reclaim extra floor space.

Re: ORI Movable Furniture

#22

Post by Zababa »

seer wrote: post #7

During the pandemic I learned that for me it’s very risky psychologically speaking to live / work / sleep in the same place. Insomnia is no joke and can easily ruin your life. I wonder if those transforming spaces help or exasperate the problem. I guess they can very visibly change the space so your brain doesn’t consider it “the same room”, but maybe they don’t…

My personal experience is that it's okay for me as long as the desk is where you don't sleep and the bed is where you sleep. Low/no smartphone/laptop usage in bed also helps.

Re: ORI Movable Furniture

#23

Post by echelon »

I just clicked through their estimation tool,

  Cloud Bed, Sofa Edition (King) → $16,750
  Shipping → $340
  Installation → $2,213
  _______________________________
  Your Total Estimate → USD $19,303 (+tax)\*
  \*Monthly financing available

  Place a $100 reservation to secure your place in line. Once we've 
  received your reservation our Space Design team will reach out to 
  schedule your home visit.
That's an awful lot for a bed.

That said, I once paid a lot for one of these [1], so I guess I shouldn't knock it. I do prefer that this one doesn't have any moving parts, though it's only suitable for tall ceilings.

[1] https://adultbunkbeds.com/loft-beds

Re: ORI Movable Furniture

#24

Post by michaelt »

Jorengarenar wrote: post #12

The 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…

Part of the problem with folding furniture is that it's a hassle.

I wouldn't move into a house that only had room for a sofa bed, because I know myself well enough to know I'd end up leaving it in bed mode all the time. Fold up and store my duvet and pillow, and lift some heavy ass mechanism every morning? No thanks.

I can see the appeal of something fully automated, just like I can see the appeal of getting a motorised standing desk instead of a hand-cranked one.

Re: ORI Movable Furniture

#25

Post by ratorx »

wodenokoto wrote: post #5

If you get a kick out of optimizing small apartments, check out the YouTube channel “never too small”. Before you decide to move into a super small, space optimized apartment look around your current place. Is it always super neat and tidy? You need to be making your bed every day and put away your furniture all the time in order to make many of the tiny apartment designs work. https://youtube.com/c/NEVERTOOSMALL

I’ve been looking for something like this for a while thanks!

However, what I was ideally looking for was tours of houses/apartments which are heavily optimised interior decoration-wise, but also massive. Sort of like the intersection of the $XX million dollar apartment tours that exist, but instead focused more on the interior design. I enjoy the novelty in watching really expensive houses, but they always feel sparse and terribly designed (interior-wise). Maybe nice to look at, but not practical at all.

Re: ORI Movable Furniture

#26

Post by Gigachad »

j7ake wrote: post #20

The 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.

I considered that but you end up with the bed almost touching the roof which isn’t terribly comfortable.

Re: ORI Movable Furniture

#27

Post by dirtyid »

I love transformer furniture like this, ORI seemed like one of the more developed ones. But 57 buildings in 36 cities after 5+ years, the market for these seem a lot smaller than I thought. Assuming "buildings" are likely bespoke units and not multi unit contracts. Worse if buildings include 36 showrooms.

Re: ORI Movable Furniture

#28

Post by sputr »

echelon wrote: post #23

I just clicked through their estimation tool, Cloud Bed, Sofa Edition (King) → $16,750 Shipping → $340 Installation → $2,213 _______________________________ Your Total Estimate → USD $19,303 (+tax)\* \*Monthly financing available Place a $100 reservation to secure your place in line. Once we've received your reservation our Space Design team will reach out to schedule your home visit. That's an awful lot for a bed. T…

At those prices, selling your apartment and buying one for 20k USD extra, with the extra few square meters of space, would make more sense.

Re: ORI Movable Furniture

#29

Post by Freak_NL »

ljm wrote: post #18
Jorengarenar wrote: post #12

The 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.

You can control them via a smartphone, so assume that it will in time be as leaky as a colander. Some domain registration will elapse, some cracker will find an exploit, some security flaw left in because of usability taking preference, something like that.

The support for whatever cloud offering is backing these (and there will be, there always is, despite there being no need for it) will likely lapse before the furniture itself is used up. Does anyone believe you can install one of these and have it work for twenty years?

These things should not be connected to the internet.

Re: ORI Movable Furniture

#30

Post by teh_klev »

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #14
Jorengarenar wrote: post #12

The 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.

I'm already envisaging a "Burnistoun - Voice Recognition Lift" skit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqAu-DDlINs

Post reply on HN