Metro Hippiedutch design | Metro Hippie http://www.metrohippie.com Fresh ideas for a bright future Fri, 18 May 2012 08:40:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Log Cabin Melodies http://www.metrohippie.com/log-cabin-melodies/ http://www.metrohippie.com/log-cabin-melodies/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:02:50 +0000 Joshua Foss http://metrohippie.com/?p=1992 Hans Liberg has got himself one of the coolest recording studios on planet Earth!  Take a look at this woody gem of a cabin, located in the town of Hilversum, The Netherlands.  Put together by his pal, an established furniture designer by the name of Piet Hein Eek, the structure features an absolutely fabulous facade of stacked logs.  Even a row of clerestory windows get the full log treatment, and when opened they fill the compact interior with natural light…

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Good mornin’ Hans, thanks for showing us how the windows work!

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Note the wheel on the side of the building… this deciduous dojo is mobile!

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Yeah Hans… we’re all jealous of your sweet man lair!

In a stark contrast with the textured exterior, the interior is clean and open.  A baby blue hue washes all finished surfaces to visually expand the space.  Floor to ceiling storage maximizes functionality for keeping things like oversized straw hats…

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Love it!  Great inspiration for any project, large or small!  I can definitely vibe on something similar to this for a home office or guest quarters in the backyard… heck, let’s go ahead and throw custom chicken coop into the mix… those’d be some happy hens!

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]]> http://www.metrohippie.com/log-cabin-melodies/feed/ 4 Sandwich Bike is Appetizing http://www.metrohippie.com/sandwich-bike-is-appetizing/ http://www.metrohippie.com/sandwich-bike-is-appetizing/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:19:32 +0000 Joshua Foss http://metrohippie.com/?p=1232 Here’s a little design eye candy for y’all… Dutch designers Pieter Janssen and Basten Leijh came up with the idea to put a bicycle on the market that is useful, trendy and twice as cheap to produce, so that when people buy the product for a regular price there are enough means left to donate one to people who cannot afford one.  This way the stylish are encouraged to do good… their concept is called the Sandwich Bike, and it’s minimal aesthetic looks mighty delicious!

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Inspired by the concept of flat packing and home assembly made popular by companies like IKEA, the Dutch duo landed on the idea of making a bike out of two wooden plates (hence its name, The Sandwich Bike).  The absence of the welding joints makes the frame very easy to produce and are easily customizable according to the clients’ demand.  Just like an IKEA product, the bike will be delivered in a flat cardboard box and can be assembled at home with a single tool, reducing shipping and assembly costs.  The two wooden plates are held together by four identical ‘smart cylinders.’  These cylinders house all the technical parts needed:  the crank axle, the head tube and the seat post.

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Designer Basten Leijh rocks his beautiful zebrawood veneer invention.

The project is still in concept phase but the designers are hoping that orders of the Sandwich Bike can be taken in the near future.

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