Show room concept "Woman's First Apartment" Living room setting
Smart Space Saving Furniture Development
"Small spaces in Big City" is a current phenomenon and trend in housing, triggered by the skyrocketing rental prices, describing small sized apartments and the need to address their lack of space.
Intelligent, highly functional smart space saving storage solutions are in demand, in order to make those limited spaces livable to the fullest.
Tasks and provided services for this project
Market research products and competition, Developing showroom design concept, Design Development Furniture, Construction Documents
Idea and Show Room Concepts
Two different show room design concepts were developed, "Woman's First Apartment" and "Man's First Apartment", envisioned as typical young professional city dwellers. This concept idea allows to contrast and showcase the full range of possibilities for smart space saving furniture solutions and also the wide range of materials, finishes and decorative hardware options. An extensive research for highly functional advanced European furniture hardware opened up design options.
Design Concept "Woman's First Apartment"
Based on the idea of a concept for "Woman's First Apartment" a studio size area in the showroom combines all the features of a Living room, Bed room, Home office and Storage space in one.
Two adjacent floor to ceiling wall units in a stunning high-end material and finish mix of White high gloss, Latte color and wood as well as carefully selected decorative hardware create a distinct contemporary yet warm and inviting space. Energy saving LED-Lighting is widely integrated in the wall units with built-in switch and with hidden wires.
One floor to ceiling wall unit contains a vertical foldable wall bed in queen size and retractable night stand drawer, storage for long hanging clothes and utilizes also the corner space between the units. The other floor to ceiling wall unit features sliding doors to cover either storage for clothes or the TV set, provides storage for an ironing board, a safe, a hamper and double drawers.
Show room concept "Woman's First Apartment": Video of effortless handling of wall bed
Show room concept "Woman's First Apartment" Bed room setting with opened wall bed
Show room concept "Woman's First Apartment": Hidden storage accessible behind sliding doors
Show room concept "Woman's First Apartment": TV set and shelves are exposed, storage is covered by sliding doors
Floor plan "Woman's First Apartment": Units with wall bed, TV, storage
Sideboard turns to home office: Swivel desk element doubles the work area
Design Concept "Man's First Apartment"
Based on the idea of a concept for "Man's First Apartment" an area in the showroom combines similar the features of a Living room, Bed room, Home office and Storage space in one.
Three contemporary distinct adjacent units showcase floor to ceiling wall units in a amazing high-end material mix of two different wood veneer finishes as well as stainless steel and leather decorative hardware. Energy saving LED-Lighting is widely integrated in the wall units with built-in switches and with hidden wires.
The first floor to ceiling wall unit comprises of a horizontal foldable wall bed with an attached desk that folds underneath and storage space above to the ceiling. The second unit features two tall cabinets and a bridge cabinet and a sideboard with drawers that turns easily into a spacious dining table. The third floor to ceiling wall unit is wardrobe that opens up to two third due to three sliding doors running on three tracks. It features generously designed bottom drawers, internal drawers and clothes lift.
Sideboard turns into dining table: Drawers and hidden extendable table
Show room concept "Man's First Apartment": video, the desk folds beneath the horizontal wall bed
The developed furniture were publicly introduced with a presentation by Daniel Steps at the major design event "What's New What's Next" in the New York Design Center Manhattan and are on display in the transFORM showroom.
