Short On Room But Big On Style? Here Are Some Great Options For Small Spaces

What do you do when you love good looking furniture and design but reside in a 400 square foot apartment? The following products are a few examples of ways to make the most of your small space without sacrificing design.

The WallFlower Wall Office


The Wallflower Wall office by Jonas & Jonas has a scratch- and shock-resistant body of made of laminate (HPL: high pressure laminate) and allows for any kind of strain. Wall office offers room for folders, books, writing,phone and lamp. WALLFLOWER Walloffice is available in widths of 1100 mm and 960 mm.




Jonas & Jonas

The Corner Flame


Made by Radius Design, it is a wall mountable fireplace that doesn't use wood, burns cleanly, appears to be floating and takes up minimal space while giving you maximum warmth. Available in multiple finishes.



Radius Design

The Square Sleeper Chair


Buy it here

The Corner lamp


This is such a bright idea (pardon the pun) that I'm amazed I didn't see it long ago. Created by Design House Stockholm, designed by Roberto Cardenas. Made of pergament plastic lamp shade & steel pole. measures 66" tall


Design House Stockholm

Got a bathroom the size of a closet?
Then maybe the Ego Tower by Aquaware is just the thing for you. It's got the mirror, sink, towel rack, shelf drawer and light all in one:



Shown above in both oak and in wengé wood. Learn more here.

Flat Life by Finn Magee


"Flat Time" and "Flat Light" are posters with photographs of a clock and a lamp that have a built in LED light and 7 digit LED readout, so rather than take up space on a surface, your clock and desk lamp are wall mounted!



Learn more about Flat Life here.

Finn Magee's Flat Life Products. Coming Soon To A Wall Near You.

For The Flat Life project at the Designers in Residence exhibition at the Design Museum in London, Finn Magee was commissioned to develop posters along the theme of designers in residence.



He wanted the installation itself to be an advertisement for the products, so the light was ‘unpacked’ and the clock was ‘hung’ at the gallery entrance.

 


And the exciting news is that the Flat Life posters/products will soon be  are now available for purchase.

Flat Time:


Flat Time uses a custom crystal oscillator circuit which works with US and European power supplies. (Most bedside clocks rely on the frequency of the mains power supply to keep time.) They even programmed some greeting text into it. See if you’re late by checking the poster. The image of the radio alarm clock that uses a 7-segment LED display to tell the time.

 

And in black:


Flat Light:



The productive atmosphere of a desk light without the bulk. Flat Light was initially produced in black in a limited edition of 50. (These have sold out.) New colours were added with the 'Powder Coated' series. This title references the distinct colours produced by powder coating, a process used to finish the metal parts of domestic and industrial appliances. The RAL colours used are 3028 (Pure red), 6037 (Pure green), 5015 (Sky blue) and 1003 (Signal yellow). The LEDs in the poster illuminate the printed lamp.



Flat Sound
The latest addition to the Flat Life series. It's an image of a speaker that delivers a crisp, clear sound.



All the Flat Life Products can now be purchased from Finn Magee's Online Store.

About the designer:
Finn Magee graduated from an Industrial Design BA at the National College of Art and Design, Ireland in 2004. He realised he was interested in more than just the object and its manufacturing process, and wanted to explore the social context and values associated with products. An MA in Design Products at the Royal College of Art in London fostered his interest in advertising and the construction of meaning through image.

Finn's RCA show investigated the potential of advertising techniques in product design, in particular looking at how mechanisms such as juxtaposition, humour and surprise can function in products as opposed to adverts. Finn’s Flat Life Lights are currently in development with Artemide, an Italian lighting company. He has exhibited at Design Mai in Berlin, the Salon di Mobil, Milan and the Design Museum, London.

Contact Info:
t: +44 (0) 7718990408
e: finn@finnmagee.com

Photographs: Emma Wieslander and Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad
Photographs of photographs: Luke Hayes