The First Flat-Packed Wooden Bike You Assemble Yourself. The Sandwichbike by Basten Leijh.

It's new. It's cool. It comes in the mail and you put it together. Dubbed the Sandwichbike, this Dutch Design original was inspired by the concept of flat packing, home assembly and Bleigh Industries' never-ending drive to create exceptional products.

Teepees & Cabins For Your Feline Friends From Loyal Luxe.

Simple and affordable ways to give your finicky feline a home of which she can be proud. Loyal Luxe designs and offers flat-packed, easy to assemble cat homes made of recyclable cardboard in the shape of Teepees and Cabins. And yes, they sell the faux bearskin rug, too.

Native American Teepee and Faux Bearskin Rug:


Canadian Cabin:




Modern and rustic simultaneously, the cute abodes- suitable for cats, kittens or even a chihuahua- come with additional adornments and can be easily customized.





Loyal Luxe was founded in 2008 by Maud Beauchamp and Marie-Pier Guilmain, two industrial designers and pet lovers who graduated from Université de Montréal. Born from the idea that products for domestic animals deserved to be different, they knew that people and their animals would be excited by the prospect of products that were more refined and daring, by products that were a perfect match with their tastes and the interior design of their home.



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Houses Worth Visiting. The Flat Pak Exhibit

SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

Above: Marmol Radziner's Desert House

	SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED CONTEMPORARY PREFABRICATED HOUSES 02.28.07 - 05.20.07 Organized by the Walker Art Center, the exhibition features eight modern modular house projects that have recently been realized. The designs address a range of approaches to prefabrication, including off-site construction, customized sections that are assembled on-site, and kits with plans and parts from which a house can be constructed. Including a wide variety of materials and processes such as the sculptural metallic Turbulence House (2005 ) by Steven Holl and Black Barn (2005), a modern adaptation of a Viking longhouse designed by Pinc House of Sweden seen below: Many of the exhibition¹s projects also address topical issues, as evinced by Michelle Kaufmann¹s Breezehouse (2005), which takes a particularly ecological orientation with its extensive use of small gardens, energy-efficient appliances and mechanical systems, and renewable and non-toxic materials. Above: Michelle Kaufman's Breeze House Each project is represented by at least one scale model, multiple photographic panels, drawings and renderings, as well as material samples. Five of the projects are accompanied by videos. Below: Dwell house Resolution: 4 Architecture MOCA's presentation will be organized by Curatorial Associate Rebecca Morse. Visit The Walker's Some Assembly Required website Download the Some Assembly Required Gallery Guide

Above: Alchemy Architect's wee House
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