From floating houses to tents, from the Wichita House by Buckminster Fuller to the Pavillon des Refuges by Jean Prouvé, from mobile dwellings by Shigeru Ban to multi-functional furniture by Joe Colombo, from jackets which transform themselves into tents to the wearable private domain designed by Jennie Pineus.
There is no shortage of examples, and with globalisation and mobility having today become a fact of life one has to look at what a sedentary life means as well as look to cultures outside Europe in search of increasingly varied solutions.
until 8.9.2002
Living in Motion. Design and Architecture for Flexible Dwelling
Vitra Design Museum
Charles-Eames-Str. 1, Weil am Rhein
http://www.design-museum.de



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