This is awesome!
If you don’t love this design to death, the terrorists win.
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Brainwaves of Sken
The why-is-its of a video editor, photographer, designer, convention-runner.
If you don’t love this design to death, the terrorists win.
Check out the link for more pics!
yup. the terrorists are indeed winning over here.
Actually, I’m tired of always loosing to terrorists. So, from now on, I’m going to start making statements along the lines of /blah blah blah/ terrorists win.. but replace terrorists with Alex.
If this cunning plan doesn’t work, Alex wins!
ha!
Sadly, your cunning plan worked, so I win.
at least someone else is winning now. :-)
I think its neat, but what if it rains? That screen isn’t going to keep out rain.
It’s a prototype – it doesn’t actually exist in real life, it’s just a design.
I presume first of all that that graphic is supposed to represent a plastic cover, not a mosquito mesh, and second that if it were actually made, the entire thing would have a more private covering.
(PS if you go to that link you’ll see about 50 comments that basically start with someone saying “Why isn’t there a cover?” and 50 more saying “It’s a prototype! RTFA!”. Hehe…)
I did read the article, it said it had a screen enclosure, which is why I said I was worried about rain.
if later models will have some sort of folding solid roof, that would be awesome.
I like the idea of it, but oh dear lord that thing is ugly.
As a permanent living environment, yeah, total suck for that. But as a cross-country trailer? Totally awesome. The amount of space you get to live in vs sq footage of trailer? Totally worth looking like a half-eaten donut.
It’s not the shape of it so much as the color scheme. I’d hope that if they actually designed such a thing it would boast a more harmonious color scheme.
I was chatting with Melanie about this, and we both agree that the colors look like a way to differentiate the different living spaces within the prototype. I imagine such a thing doesn’t have to look so Playmobil Meets Ikea – it’s the concept that’s awesome.
That was my thought, too. I’m quite sure if it were ever marketed (and OMG it should be!) they would tone it way down.
Seconded! I LOVE the concept, but the bright colors and rounded corners are awful. Skennedy said it best with “Playmobil Meets Ikea”…I really can’t say it better than that.
I totally want that for Starwood! With a nice rain cover, of course. It’d kick the Taj Mahal’s ass!
It’s like a easy setup Dynamaxion house! I love it and unlike the gloomies, I actually enjoy the colour scheme and rounded corners. Then again I dig on mid-20th century modern.
Yeah, we saw that in Chicago, methinks! It only goes 270 degrees, though, and doesn’t have a central support column. It’s not meant to resist earthquakes or high winds, though. :)
Actually it’s Henry Ford Museum, but close!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_house
Buckminster Fuller was a geeenios!
Oops, we’ve been to both, recently!
Holy friggin shit. I want one RIGHT THIS SECOND!!!!!! WOW!!