O bicicleta pentru un dulap

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IKEA Idea With Velorbis Bikes

IKEA of Denmark is now starting a new concept at their Danish stores. They did a bit of market research and found that roughly 20% of their customers rode their bikes to the stores - even though most of then are located outside the cities in large commerical centres - some call them Big Box Districts - which are located outside the city centre.
In Copenhagen we have two IKEAs. One is about 10 km from the city centre, the other is about 20 km. I, myself, have made the former trip several times on my 3-speed, carrying all manner of cumbersome goods home to the nest. It's great to learn that so many other IKEA customers ride their bikes out there, too.
Doesn't surprise me, really, that so many Danes ride to such lengths for such purposes. But it is cool that IKEA respects the fact by launching a concept that celebrates the fact.

IKEA has invested in Velorbis bikes, at a couple of their stores, that will pull trailers so that customers can ride home with the new purchases. Inexpensive Swedish design pulled home on bespoke Danish design. I like that.
Photo: Per Wadskjaer for IKEAThe sign reads "Loan a bicycle & trailer". Simple enough message, really. I assume there will be a deposit, but loan means just that. Not rent. They'll test drive the concept and, if all goes well, they'll implement across the nation and then to other cycle friendly countries.
Whenever Wifealiciousness and I buy something too big for normal bike transport, we hire a van - IKEA collaborates with a transport company located in their stores - or take a taxi. It's always irritating to us that we can't get home on the bikes or the bus with large items.
Even though we don't have that much IKEA in our home, there are certain things we buy.This is a system we will use and we're looking forward to it.

Si a venit si devizul

Deschid mailul si ce vad: devizul pentru dulapul din hol trimis de firma de mobilier. Devizul il asteptam de saptamana trecuta. A sosit abia azi: cred ca s-au codit si ei ei. Asta trebuie sa fi fost dialogul intre ei:
"- Sa-i trimitem oferta?
-Pai la pretul asta? Ne-o crede nebuni... Poate o sa zica ca nu vorbim serios...
-Haide! Il trimitem fie ce-o fi..."

Si l-au trimis... Mindblowing. Asadar: dulap hol, mecanism de culisare pt. usi. Nu foarte mare lucru: 2271,71 euro! Scump, doamna scump! Dincolo era mai ieftin...

Arhitectura pe bicicleta

La anuala de arhitectura de anul asta este prezentat in extenso arhitectul portughez Alvaro Siza. Fotografii cu lucrarile lui sunt afisate pe gardul muzeului de arta (fostul palat regal). Ieri, le-am privit incetisor de pe bicicleta in drum spre doctor... Fotografie de arhitecura si biciclete in "bummed out city"... Destul de bizar

Contaminare

Takes my breath away...

Anuala de arhitectura

Anuala de arhitectura de anul asta: arhitectura si amenajari
Am gasit lucruri interesante, multe locuri comune si numai o locuinta din lut cu acoperis de stuf, la capul Dolosman, in Delta. Mi s-a parut un exercitiu al arhitectului Catalin Berescu (Coautori: arh. Mariana CELAC, Alexandru NANCU, Marian PETRE, Ioan MEDRARU; Birou de proiectare: HAR). La capitolul amenajari am gasit birourile D.S.B.A.
Mi-a placut tratarea in cheie ironica a peretilor despartitori (policarbonatul a inlocuit geamul dublu) si ideea perisabilului reflectata pe pereti: pe alocuri tencuiala e distrusa, iar structura isi exhiba indiferent armatura. Iar pe Alina n-am regasit-o nici anul asta cu ceva...

Scaun umerash

Designer Philippe Malouin will exhibit his Hanger Chair at Still, the Design Academy Eindhoven exhibition at Spazio Rossanna Orlandi in Milan during the furniture fair this month.

Philippe Malouin despre propria creatie:

"Hanger Chair
“Occasional furniture”. Folding chairs tend to lie around the house, stacked in a corner, or in an unused room. When space is an issue, as is the case for most European city dwellers, an object such as a folding chair will clutter up the precious available space.
The Hanger Chair is a folding chair based on one of the ultimate storage systems: the modest hanger. It allows us to store clothes in an orderly fashion. Most houses or flats are equipped with a wardrobe to receive the object.
By morphing the function of the hanger with that of the folding chair, a new hybrid is born: a Hanger Chair that has a function, even when not in use, to store our clothes in an orderly fashion."

Casa de carton

A tea house made out of paper and cardboard, designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, is to be auctioned in London tomorrow (pe 4 aprilie, adica). The Paper Tea House is part of an sale of Japanese art and design being held by auctioneer Phillips de Pury & Company. A "tea house", constructed of square paper tubes, is a structure designed for indoor use measuring just over 5 meters long. Housing a table and four stools, the house also features a waiting area with a bench in keeping with tea ceremony practice.