Think your apartment is small? Well, you’ll have a newfound appreciation for your living space once you see this tiny self-inflating home. And when we say tiny, we really mean tiny, because believe it or not, this house will actually fold up and fit into your pocket!
It’s called The Basic House, and it’s designed by Martin Azua, A Basque designer based in Barcelona. It’s made from a clever material that traps heat during colder temperatures while keeping the interior cool during hotter weather, and all you have to do to construct it is to shake it until it fills with air. As Martin writes on his website, the basic cube is “ideal for a life on the move without material ties. Having everything without having almost anything. Basic Home is not a product, rather a concept of extreme reduction.”
More info: Martin Azua
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This can't be claimed to be a house in any way. It is a big foil bag that you can get inside.
I don't think this post represents the spirit of this object. It is clear from the designer's site that it is not intended so much as a functional product, but as an artistic statement against product saturation and excessive consumption. Sure, you can sit in it and maybe your body heat is enough to keep it inflated and it could keep you warm, but it is not a practical shelter against the elements, nor was it intended to be.
Imagine it being a windy day and the house is being pushed by the wind.
Rather a Tent than a House. But still interestig for homeless ou emergency.
Talk about clickbait. Were many of us not assuming this piece of gold foil would turn into something with, at least, multiple rooms? No, it just remains a gold foil inflatable cube.
Sorry, but it's not visually appealing...I wouldn't call it house either...😅😅
Maybe at first it fits into the pocket but packing it so perfectly back together again won't be so simple, I guess...
Would you "live" in that though? I would if I had to. It's not a house but it's not not a house.
Where can you buy this pock house? I would love to have one for the emergency kit in our car.
I gues calling this a house is as valid as calling this a "Good article"
A tent...emergency shelter for homeless...yes maybe but not a house
This can't be claimed to be a house in any way. It is a big foil bag that you can get inside.
I don't think this post represents the spirit of this object. It is clear from the designer's site that it is not intended so much as a functional product, but as an artistic statement against product saturation and excessive consumption. Sure, you can sit in it and maybe your body heat is enough to keep it inflated and it could keep you warm, but it is not a practical shelter against the elements, nor was it intended to be.
Imagine it being a windy day and the house is being pushed by the wind.
Rather a Tent than a House. But still interestig for homeless ou emergency.
Talk about clickbait. Were many of us not assuming this piece of gold foil would turn into something with, at least, multiple rooms? No, it just remains a gold foil inflatable cube.
Sorry, but it's not visually appealing...I wouldn't call it house either...😅😅
Maybe at first it fits into the pocket but packing it so perfectly back together again won't be so simple, I guess...
Would you "live" in that though? I would if I had to. It's not a house but it's not not a house.
Where can you buy this pock house? I would love to have one for the emergency kit in our car.
I gues calling this a house is as valid as calling this a "Good article"
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