1984 Italian Comedy at the Vanguard of Transforming Design
In the 1984 Italian comedy “Il Ragazzo di Campagna” (The Country Boy), the movie’s protagonist moves into an amazing tiny apartment that, upon initial inspection, looks like a closet, but as the...
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Fancy and Functional Little Flat by the Sea
The ‘Harbour Attic’ is an apartment designed by Gosplan architects in Camogli, a small seaside village near Genova. The holiday flat began its life as an attic above the old fishermen’s house. The...
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Milanese Flat Shows There’s More than One Way to Chop a Box
Few shapes are easier to work with than the box. Halve it, quarter it, cut it into thirds. But because of these endless possibilities, it can be difficult to choose the best one. In thinking about how...
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Italian Apartment Makes Micro Seem Huge
We’ve seen some pretty damn small apartments on this site. There was Felice Cohen’s 90 sq ft studio, Steve Sauer’s 183 sq ft triplex and countless tiny houses, the latter of which rarely break the 200...
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An Attic You Wouldn’t Mind Being Trapped In
With their sloping roofs and associations with housing unwanted family members, the poor attic has a hard time being recognized as a legitimate place to live. This situation makes Italian architect...
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Oh What A Feeling, When You’re Sleeping on the Ceiling
We feature wall beds galore on this site and every now and again we see a trundle bed, but It’s not often that we see beds suspended from the ceiling. Generally speaking, ceiling mounting a bed...
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Idyllic Italian Studio Stuffs Storage in the Floor
There’s a tendency for small-space designers to go high with storage. And while this is often the best solution, it’s not the only one. This 377 sq ft studio retreat by Italian firm Studioata is a nice...
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Wood, You Live Well in this Tiny Space (?)
Maybe it’s the sketchy economic climate preventing people from getting fancy lacquered surfaces. Or maybe there’s a wood stain shortage. Or perhaps Lumber Liquidators has been further liquidating....
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