Students Design Temporary Furniture for Victims of Displacement
Ten third-year furniture design students from Finland's Lahti University of Applied Sciences - Institute of Design, created temporary living solutions using only plywood and corrugated cardboard. Low cost, quick and easy fabrication, with no tools necessary: Rehome is a solution for recent catastrophes, such as natural disasters and the ongoing refugee crisis, which leave many people displaced from their homes.
© Jani Luukkonen
Ten third-year furniture design students from Finland's Lahti University of Applied Sciences - Institute of Design, created temporary living solutions using only plywood and corrugated cardboard. Low cost, quick and easy fabrication, with no tools necessary: Rehome is a solution for recent catastrophes, such as natural disasters and the ongoing refugee crisis, which leave many people displaced from their homes.
© Jani Luukkonen
The students began their research by asking themselves what the most necessary human needs are. They fulfilled rest, privacy, community, and storage with their ten piece furniture set.
© Jani Luukkonen
© Jani Luukkonen
Plywood and corrugated cardboard are affordable and sustainable materials. Known for it?s resistance to fracturing, shrinking, twisting and warping, Plywood acts as Rehome?s primary structure. Corrugated board is often used for higher quality shipping boxes. It offers additional strength and padding to regular cardboard. To bend the corrugate...
© Jani Luukkonen
Ten third-year furniture design students from Finland's Lahti University of Applied Sciences - Institute of Design, created temporary living solutions using only plywood and corrugated cardboard. Low cost, quick and easy fabrication, with no tools necessary: Rehome is a solution for recent catastrophes, such as natural disasters and the ongoing refugee crisis, which leave many people displaced from their homes.
© Jani Luukkonen
The students began their research by asking themselves what the most necessary human needs are. They fulfilled rest, privacy, community, and storage with their ten piece furniture set.
© Jani Luukkonen
© Jani Luukkonen
Plywood and corrugated cardboard are affordable and sustainable materials. Known for it?s resistance to fracturing, shrinking, twisting and warping, Plywood acts as Rehome?s primary structure. Corrugated board is often used for higher quality shipping boxes. It offers additional strength and padding to regular cardboard. To bend the corrugate...
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