How To: Home Office with Built-Ins

An example of multitasking at its best, the two designers of Normal Projects knocked down most of this apartment’s walls in order to combine kitchen storage, a closet, a bar, a bed, and a home office into a blue-lacquered cabinetry unit in the center of the room. Photo by Raimund Koch.

This 450-square-foot apartment includes an origami-like desktop that unfolds to reveal a perforated-steel divider that allows the passage of computer cables hidden inside the office compartment. This transformer-like cabinet helps maximize limited square footage.