Comments on: Pandora by Sander Mulder

By: Blue-Lotus

Blue-Lotus — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:19:38 +0000

Hahaha Keti! Just reading a blog: Rem Koolhaas’ answer to Lego Bricks: Cantilevers & Deconstructivity on a design site. You see a cosmic connection between bricks, mortar and lego toys? :P

By: keti

keti — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:45:42 +0000

i don’t know why, but i had a sudden flash-back of when i was playing architect.. building Lego houses :)

By: Elizabeth Wheeler

Elizabeth Wheeler — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:28:01 +0000

dollhouse industrial? that is almost interesting.

By: Michel Tallichet

Michel Tallichet — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:41:17 +0000

Shipping containers are beautiful because their aesthetic is informed solely by its utility. These cabinets take the elements of a shipping container that exist to maximize their functionality and attempt to apply them to a problem (household storage) for which they are not suited. By undermining the functionality these cabinets have made a mockery of the aesthetic rather than a successful appropriation. A cabinet would be much more efficient if made out of a more suitable (lighter) material. The set of three cabinets- one small, one medium, and one large weighs more than 550 lbs. Good design is that which is aesthetically pleasing but does not needlessly sacrifice practicality. In this case, the heavy structural steel frame with disproportionately large latches houses delicate glass shelves, thus negating the benefits of the steel and therefore the functionality of the cabinet. If design is an attempt to marry practicality and aesthetic, these shelves have failed in both respects.

By: Blue-Lotus

Blue-Lotus — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:12:37 +0000

Ooh! I agree with Viqui’s idea. Such bulky cabinets are a throwback to those clunky wooden chests of what – the 10th century? – seen in Western Europe. What would you ideally save in these shelves? How about something funny, frivolous and totally-unexpected? Jack in the Box perhaps?