Advertising
Advertising
Related Products
-
Second Skin Chair
by Quinze & MilanThe colored, custom leather cutouts are a much…
With the classic Murphy bed as muse, Japanese architect Toshihiko Suzuki transformed a standard Airstream into a versatile small wonder.
— Miyoko OhtakeThe colored, custom leather cutouts are a much cooler look for this elemental oak frame than the usual side-chair covering of yesterday's trousers and last night's jacket.
Even the sleekist modernist accumulates stuff in need of a hiding spot, and the hold-all furniture we spotted on recent travels to the Stockholm and Paris design fairs prove that it’s not a…
For a 500-square-foot loft in downtown Los Angeles, Tag Front designed a rectangular mahogany table with four ottomans that nestle underneath, creating a simple brown block when not in use. When…
Second Skin Chair
The colored, custom leather cutouts are a much…
$19.95
10 Issues / a Year
Copyright ©2004-2012 Dwell Media LLC. All rights reserved. Dwell, the Dwell logo, Dwell Homes and At Home in the Modern World are registered trademarks of Dwell Media LLC

Although the design is ingenious and sleek, the comfort factor gets a bloody F rating in my books. Can't imagine even a short nap on that thin pad...
Are we running out space here or what?
Does it come with an outhouse?
Simply Amazing. This gives me so many Ideas. Less is truly more.
This has to be the most inefficient use of space I have ever seen in an Airsteam. What a waste. NO, less is definitely not more.
I have lived in travel trailers for 15 of the last 18 years, the last 6 in Airstreams/Avions. This creation is just a glorified party wagon. What is the point of the so-called beds? There is no bathroom, no closet, no place to sit. Why have seating for 6 when you couldn't cook for 6 in this. You can make an Airstream look this minimalist but make it function too. These guys get an F in my book. Wally Byam must be rolling in his grave over this!
I love the aesthetics of this minimalist retro-modern evolution. The comfort factor does not necessarily require "padding", in the conventional sense. Of course a little "memory foam" might go a long way here. There are other air, and fabric technologies that could be applied for a compactable/convertible solution. Also, I'd like to see some integration of new energy technologies and water purification thrown into the mix. Slap some thin and flexible solar panels on this badboy! Keep it off the grid.
P.S. - I hope that is L.E.D. lighting.
I agree this is inefficient. Very clunky & crowded looking. Would never do this to an Airstream!
Twin air mattresses would be more comfortable and could be deflated and tucked away just as neatly as those thin white mats.
It takes camping to a whole other level!
Am I the only one who has noticed the permanent separator down the center line of the bed?
What a great use of space!
This is such a great idea! I was in Tokyo and slept on those futons and found them to be much more comfortable than the versions sold in North America. I also really like the notion of everything being tucked away nicely. The divider between the two twin beds gives a sense of privacy that I really like plus it keeps the arms and legs of by-sleepers off and does away with feelings of suffocation and entrapment. The only other idea that could be added would be a similarly tucked away toilet/shower system that are now available. I am dreaming of a minimalist-style cabin and this gives me ideas/ concepts of effective use of small spaces.
As a long term trailer afficionado, including several airstreams, this is conceptually fascinating! Missing is the bathroom, refrigerator, and seating area, so sad. Totally Japanese -- but really, the bed divider is a waste of space and worst of all, while many ideas are good this comes across as an insult to Airstream who right now offer some models worthy of the pages of Dwell, without the retrofit {and I don't sell Airstreams}! Some combination of ideas would be great.
Great idea, but an insult to an Airstream. It looks like a sushi restaurant on wheels. And the prison bed roll doesn't look that comfy to me. Art... ah, to each is own, I guess.
That looks nice, but very uncomfortable and impersonal. I wouldn't want to live there.
I'm sorry, but this is just terrible. Not everything is cool because it comes from Japan and has silly pseudoarchitectural lingo attached to it. And what's with the separating wall between the beds? Bug or feature?
Hi! I own a blessed Airstream and have gutted it from the original furnishing. What I see here is purely non-functional and esoteric. I'm not an architect, but I know how to make use of a small space and this isn't very ingenious. The kitchen and table/bed are nice in themselves, but not in a camper. I've seen way better.
On first glance, it reminds me of an operating theatre. Creepy!
I love dual-purpose furnishings, but these aren't even an ingenious use of this space. A center aisle is axiomatic (so to speak) in a space that slopes to the sides. It feels much better than moving around the perimeter of furnishings in such a tight area. This comes off as quite shallowly conceived.
The rounded no-corner style of the airstream requires a different lighting system to make it look other than a cave painted in white, and I don't like moving in such a structure where the edges of the living space have been deliberately blurred. I've been once standing in a shower booth with "rounded edges", and moving around with my eyes covered with soap is a clear slipping hazard. It is also a hazard to walk in this area at night. The wall settings look incomplete, and are contrasted by the oversized "coffin" using-up any walking space left inside, as well as the tube running across the walls towards the lamp. This electrical wiring should have been imbedded inside the walls of the trailer, as it is the custom. The overall setting is that of a spartan industrial building. There seems no reason for the furniture to fold this way, as it saves no space. There isn't even space for a toilet room!
What a design dud. Thanks for sharing.
RSS Feed
Add a Comment