Laure Joliet
They Make Houses Too?
We've all found ourselves fawning over the perfectly minimal housewares, stationary, and incredibly awesome tiny pens that Japanese retailer MUJI has turned into an empire. Well did you know that they're in the business of making houses too?



Although these MUJI Houses have been around for a while, it seemed fitting to bring up their series of prefabs (they start at about $150,000). The MUJI homes (so far only built in Japan) are based on the idea of small space and minimal living (like their products). Their rooms feature an open layout, embrace simple functional forms, and aim to be affordable.



Constructing a home takes about 4 months with the option of a Japanese traditional ceremony with a Shinto priest to remove evil spirits from the land, etc.

You can see all the homes they've built on their blog but careful, it's in Japanese.  You can also download pdfs of the plans for the different homes.

How long until MUJI and Ikea collectively bring prefabs to mainstream America?
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Posted by: Laure Joliet on Oct 2, 08 at 12:00 PM PDT

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I just met Kenya Hara last week at a talk he gave at my office. He's one of MUJI's lead designers, and his new book "Designing Design" is one of my new prized possessions.

Posted by Tim Cheadle on 10/09/08 12:38AM PDT

MUJI MUJI MUJI!

Posted by on 10/02/08 05:22PM PDT

Thanks a lot....

Posted by BetterWen on 10/02/08 05:15PM PDT

I love muji pens. the houses look amazing!

Posted by on 10/02/08 02:55PM PDT



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