Hasta La Ideas

When it comes to space-saving, transformable furniture, no one has a better eye for curating it than Ron Barth and his Resource Furniture distribution company. This year we got a take a look at video of their Transforming Micro-Apartment, sited at the Museum of the City of New York. Loaded up with cleverly-designed pieces by Italian manufacturer Clei, the 325-square-foot “Launchpad” boasts more functionality than places three times the size.

On the other end of the spectrum in space-saving, we saw Seattle-based Steve Sauer’s self-designed, self-built Pico Dwelling Micro-Apartment. Engineer Sauer sought to turn a virtually unlivable 182-square-foot storage unit into a home in its own right, and we have to say the Ikea-hacking bike nut pulled it off admirably.

Ricardo Freisleben Lacerda’s Space-Saving Table and Breakdown Closet were also big hits with readers. Coroflotter Lacerda is a Brazil-based industrial designer, and his Gaming Table and Nomad Closet, as they’re officially called, are clever exercises in doing more with less space; and the Nomad Closet wins extra points for both breaking down into a tidy box and coming together without the use of tools.

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