The home’s custom woodwork—including the movable furniture—was made by Orana Joinery and finished with plywood. Chemisys Group supplied the timber door and window finishes, as well as the timber deck outside.

With a slim silhouette, the Pixo Desk Lamp—a Dwell Store best seller—is an unobtrusive light source that will complement a home office or dorm room.

Today’s classrooms have begun using flexible furniture systems for active learning. The mobile Node chair by Thomas Overthun and IDEO for Steelcase sports a height-adjustable seat, a storage base, and a southpaw-friendly swiveling work surface

The informal Family Room system by Hines Fischer incorporates a variety of flexible touches, such as tables coated in dry-erase vinyl and cushions that can be removed for additional work surfaces, that accommodate quickly shifting work arrangements.

Shawn Littrell designed the flexbile Shade system to give office workers a chance to find some privacy during the day. It can also be configured to allow for group work.

Slentex by BASF, price varies per project “The anorganic aerogel–based flexible insulation panel gives superior insulating properties compared to standard blown foam or glass-fiber batting.” Instead of spray-foam insulation, consider this option.

In addition to the bedrooms and primary living areas, three additional “flexible zones” were incorporated to enhance the active family’s needs. This one can be used as a playroom or study. Other spaces function as a home office and lounge or extra bedroom as needed. “Every millimeter of space has a purpose, although the spaces are flexible enough to change as the family dynamics change over time,” Dunn says.

Called the “LDK,” for living, dining, and kitchen, the space is flexible—a blend of Western loft life and traditional Japanese homes, where rooms are multipurpose.

The Phold series from Menu is a family of flexible containers designed to provide organization for small items, wherever it’s most needed. Each Phold container features a round opening and an attached lid that can be left open to keep contents handy or pushed closed to keep items secure.

Having a home office in an apartment of this size might seem impossible, but flexible furniture transforms one room into two.

Flexible Architecture by Philippe Starck for Ceramica Sant’Agostino, $22 per square foot The tile comes in glossy, matte, and stucco-like finishes. Nine color options are available, as is matching grout.

The Rogers House, built in 1969 for Rogers’s parents,was “a transparent, flexible tube which would be adapted and extended,” offering freedom of layout through flexibility of design.

Casa Fluida featured an open layout of functionally flexible space inspired by the fluid city.

"We really love flexible, unfussy spaces,

The Tanpopo House's family tearoom is an updated take on Japan’s traditional flexible, open-plan tatami-mat room. Here, the charcoal fire pit for the teapot is an electric coil embedded in the floor, and the flooring is a durable rattan from Indonesia. Plaster oozing in between oak planks gives the room a warm, rough-hewn feel—a Fujimori signature.

The pegs in the master bedroom can be rearranged to alter the layout of shelves, allowing flexible storage options.

Despite its small footprint, the flexible, multi-purpose space includes bike storage and a niche for storing weights.

The interior is designed for flexibility. The floor of one level becomes a table and the cabinets and shelves can be configured at will.

The open sliding doors of the kitchen and children’s room can flexibly stretch the space, and when fully opened, improve circulation.

Clever cubby storage is incorporated into the base of the interior stairs, while the extra-deep stair treads provide flexible "stadium-style" seating for the kids.

An integrated Fisher & Paykel CoolDrawer™ disappears into the cabinetry and provides five temperature settings for maximum flexibility: freezer, chill, fridge, pantry, and wine modes.

The ribbed Smart Slab ceiling combines the structural strength of concrete with the flexibility of 3D printing—and it’s less than half the weight of a conventional concrete slab.

OmieBox, pre-order for $49.50 at omielife.com (ships December 2014) This nifty lunchbox features flexible compartments—an extra divider allows for additional configurations—plus an insulated bowl unit that keeps a dish hot or cold until lunchtime. (The compartment can also be removed in order to fit a sandwich.) A leafproof gasket keeps everything tightly sealed.

The self-supporting and extremely flexible bookshelf is made from 12 mm oak planks and uses 96 individual handmade pieces.

Also shown at NeoCon will be Freestand by Stephan Copeland and Patricia Urquiola's Hosu upholstered seats, both of which support the idea of a flexible, laptop-friendly work station.

"Uncertainty seems built into life these days. But ADUs give flexibility to the least flexible thing we have—this big, cumbersome investment of our home.,

The Studio vanity unit from Swoon was designed so that it works well in both small and large bathrooms, with lots of flexibility in terms of color, basin, wall or floor mount, and with or without a tap or faucet hole for wall-mount or regular faucet locations.

Upstairs, pieces from the homeowner's eclectic art collection add pops of color. A coconut chair by George Nelson was reupholstered to bring a contemporary feel, and a sleeper sofa from Design Within Reach offers flexible space for guests.

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Haworth will be introducing six new products and a handful of “preview products” by Patricia Urquiola at this year's NeoCon. Hoop, shown here, is a molded, standing-height table modeled on the open, flexible office, as it encourages collaborative conversation between small groups. Bonus: It can also be used outdoors.

The floor plan is open and flexible.

The home's layout and furnishings were made to be flexible, since Meyer and the team wanted the space to conform to any possible situation. And as it turns out, that flexibility was practiced from the beginning.

Sliding door separating the rooms. The heart of the living room. The japanese inspired sliding doors acts fully flexible as room divider. When having guest it can be fully closed and for full privacy a curtain is available. Kitchen can also be closed and noise cancelling when cooking, or fully closed during messy days.

Minimizing both financial and economic waste, the SHED is a flexible dwelling that takes only one day to build or deconstruct. After it is deconstructed, it can be rebuilt in other buildings, filling derelict structures that would remain otherwise vacant. Composed of OSB, lamb’s wool insulation, and recycled polyester, the design is affordable and sustainable.

Kitchen and flexible entry space

The system is flexible and can be deployed in varying levels of density; afterwards, the containers could be refurbished for new units or be returned to service in the shipping industry.