Lotty Lindeman 2012. Home : Wouter Scheublin. Lotty Lindeman Furniture. What is an Urban Nomad? Urban Nomad n 1.
A small but diverse section of society that lives and works in an urban area, yet does not rent, own or otherwise reside permanently in any one location. “Nomad” suggests a chosen lifestyle, as opposed to “refugee”, and it also suggests that nomads feel they have a home, as opposed to the “homeless”. 2. A new generation of worker/travelers, they transplant themselves to new cities across the globe following the next big career opportunity. As many of our readers know I travel a lot for work and for pleasure. The more research I started doing and the more destinations I visited, the more I realized that many teens and young twenty-somethings are creating or craving the same lifestyle. I also believe that part of the urban nomadic lifestyle is about being green. How to be an Urban Nomad: Phase I: Get Rid of Stuff 1.
I love reading my Vogue on the beach and my Wall Street Journal over coffee, but I decided it was producing so much waste even when I recycled it. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Nomads at last. Hypernuit Offices by h2o Architectes. Walls, shelves and desks are all made from piles of modular blocks at this office in Paris by French studio h2o Architectes (+ slideshow).
As the workplace for creative agency Hypernuit, the office occupies a ground floor unit that is visible to the street through floor-to-ceiling shop windows. h2o Architectes were asked to create workspaces for five people, plus a small meeting room. "The refurbishment project had to reflect the dynamic and innovative spirit of the agency with a serene and contemporary space," explain the architects.
The muted grey blocks come in a mixture of shapes and sizes, and are piled up around the room to define separate areas for each occupant. Shelves surround the desks to offer seclusion, but each one also faces out into a central corridor. "The balance of these elements and the different scenarios help to define hierarchy and priorities," the architects told Dezeen. Architects Charlotte Hubert and Jean-Jacques Hubert launched h2o Architectes in 2005. Context. Brackets modular office furniture by Nendo for Kokuyo.
Product news: Japanese design studio Nendo has come up with a modular office furniture system with tall backrests for extra privacy (+ movie).
Above: movie shows various configurations of the modules Created for Japanese office furniture and supplies brand Kokuyo, the Brackets sofa and table units by Nendo are intended to surround their users "like parentheses. " The seven sofa types and four table types can be combined into numerous combinations, from rows of alternately facing single seats to compact meeting booths. At 140 centimetres tall, the backrests screen the occupants and provide privacy as well as dampening surrounding noise. Other products launched by Nendo recently include bent wood chairs that flick out as if they're wearing capes and a series of 30 lamps made from a modular set of parts – see all design by Nendo. Photographs by Akihiro Yoshida.
Here's some more information from the designers: Brackets. Arara Nômade - Clothes Storage Structure by André Pedrini & Ricardo Freisleben. For the Modern Nomad If you’ve ever moved into a new place without furniture or anywhere to hang your clothes, you’ll appreciate the Arara Nômade.
It’s an all-in-one solution for organizing clothes packed into one compact box. No screws, no glues, no technical know-how… just one intuitive structure that’s easily mounted or unmounted. Perfect for the modern nomad or anyone who needs a quick closet solution! Designer: André Pedrini & Ricardo Freisleben. Sine Cabinet made from oak and corrugated PVC by Dik Scheepers. Dutch designer Dik Scheepers has created a cabinet made of oak and translucent corrugated PVC.
The use of corrugated PVC for the Sine Cabinet was inspired by flower-selling booths in the area near Amsterdam where Dik Scheepers grew up. "People associate corrugated PVC with cheapness and poverty - a shame because it's such a nice material if you see the light fall trough it," Scheepers told Dezeen. "By combining it with a material such as oak, an traditional material for quality furniture, that feeling changes. " The frame extends behind the enclosed space of the cupboard because he wanted the piece not to be forgotten as its owner becomes used to its presence.
"I wanted to make a cabinet that you can't just put against a wall, but it jumps off it," he explains. "The cabinet will change over time," he adds. He's now looking for a manufacturer and making the pieces in his own workshop in the meantime. See all our stories about storage design »