Tukluk Triangles & Open Systems for Children
by Alex Coblentz

tukluk

Who hasn’t built an indoor fort out of sheets or chairs as a child? However, looking at the Tukluk, designed by Benedikt Kirsch+ Katharina Schildgen makes me wish I had this as a kid. A rough translation from the German website the Tukluk is featured on describes these triangles as microfiber, with sewn-in magnets running along the sides of each piece, enabling a child to reconfigure these triangles to their hearts content. The website demonstrates uses ranging from a play mat to a cave or fort structure.

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date: 2010-04-08 10:27:42

The Collapsible and The Modular.
by Brian Hefele & Alex Coblentz

Welcome! The Collapsible and the Modular is a small blog branch of the tree that is brainaxle ideas, dedicated to finding and examining products which make use of two of Brian's favorite industrial design techniques - that which is collapsible1, and that which is modular. Brian says:

By now we should be past excessive, bigger-is-better notions. More products are coming to fruition which allow us, even encourage us to only take up as much space as we actually need. To better make use of small spaces while still having the products we need to lead a comfortable, normal life.

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categories: modular, collapsible, garden
date: 2010-04-07 10:24:50