Why leave home?

I LOVE small spaces so when I stumbled upon these garden offices I knew I would have to share the love. This is an OfficePOD, designed as a movable offices that are leased out to companies who see the benefits of having their employees work from home. Not only does the company save on leasing conventional office space but they are helping the environment too by getting rid of the commute, and who wouldn't rather have that extra hour in bed.



kitHAUS is also in the work-from-home business. This lovely shed even gives you enough room to invite clients and co-workers over for when you need some good old person to person contact.



This delight from Paris would have to be my favourite. I can't say no to multiple levels and this one has four! It is a convert from an existing garden shed although from the inside you wouldn't be able to tell. It was conceived by H²O architectes and contains a sleeping loft, small office/study and a bathroom. Not to mention a mountain of storage.




And if you were thinking "That's nice but I don't have the room!" well this is the ultimate in solutions. A Cardok. Just pop the shed on top. And talk about car security, those thieves won't be finding it any time soon. All this for a mere 40,000 pounds.


www.officepod.co.uk
www.kithaus.com
www.h2oarchitectes.com/ACCUEIL.html
www.cardok.co.uk

Rolling Huts of Ingenuity

I have to say, I have a soft spot for people who bend the rules in cunning ways. These huts were designed by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Archiects for Tom Kundig. He wanted to build some guest huts but local law forbid any new permanent structures.

So what says temporary more than a set of wheels? Images of caravans come to mind. These are more like the mutated GE version of a caravan gone wrong. Unlike the caravan they are defiantly not going anywhere any time soon and they are certainly not as cute but I still love them. There is just something about the simplicity of them that I find attractive.


And when many are put togeter like the photo above they remind me of a fleet of tanks, all ready to charge. They may be ugly but they work and I would love to spend a nite in one.

rune guneriussen.

Rune Guneriussen seems to be the new "it" photographer of the month, especially his works with lamps, poping up in numerous blogs so why not jump on the bandwagon.

He is a great inspiration photographers and spatial designers alike. I can just imagine a garden party at night lit with nothing but lamps, lamps in trees, lamps on paths, lamps in the garden, everywhere. One day.

Abandoned.

I thought I might start off with something abandoned AND something Japanese. Two of my most favourite subjects. Abandoned construction has always been my most favourite theme for photography. The documenting of the forgotten, the remembering of something from some other time. I was directed to this Japanese photographer (I'm only assuming he or she is Japanese because the site is in Japanese and I can't read it) and instantly fell in love.

Here is the link so you too can enjoy the wonderful world, http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/research.html Everything from fun parks to restaurants to hospitals to bowling alleys. I can spend hours just browsing the 84 folders of treasure. Have fun.