The king of flat-pack furniture is not slowing down: this time the aim was to make one of its most traditionally shaped products more space-saving.
IKEA’s independent design research institute, Space10, has been tasked with coming up with some bold or straight-up awe-inspiring solutions for the Swedish furniture giant. Their latest project, ‘Sofa in an envelope’, also falls into the astonishing category, whose aim is nothing less than to reduce a functional and comfortable sofa to such a size that anyone can take the ten-kilo package home in an ‘envelope’, even on the subway. Of course, this would not only be convenient for customers but would also mean easier and cheaper storage and transport for IKEA.
The sofa’s frame is made of lightweight aluminum, the fabric is cellulose-based, and the mattress is made of mycelium, a material produced by fungi—making it 100% recyclable. What makes it even more user-friendly and small-home compatible is that not only can it be easily moved from one part of the room to another, but it’s also modular and adjustable, so you can build the sofa you need and transform it whenever you want. The designs were created using artificial intelligence, by giving the program a set of attributes that are the exact opposite of what we know today about sofas (heavy, difficult to move, thickly padded).
Source: Wallpaper
Photos: IKEA
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