IKEA RUMTID Collection Explores Martian Decor
An IKEA collection for 2020 inspired by the sustainable, lightweight, and hi-tech materials used at the Mars Desert Research Station.
All “Space Force” jokes aside, the science being researched at NASA’s Mars Desert Research Station in Utah is rather serious business, and will undoubtedly result in numerous unforeseen innovations over the years. On the forefront of actual missions to Mars, IKEA will be releasing four different micro-collections under the moniker of the RUMTID collection, each piece inspired by the environmental, small space living research explored for future Martian expeditions.
The IKEA design team visited the NASA Mars Desert Research Station in Utah for data and inspiration about the “high-tech, efficient way(s) of using our natural resources?.
?We want to learn from extreme scenarios and connect them back to Earth, focusing on urbanization and small space living?, says IKEA designer Siri Skillgate (whose work has previously looked out into the great vacuum of space for inspiration), ?In Tokyo, there?s a literal built-in thinking around small space living that allows for modularity and mobility. We felt really inspired by all of the interesting solutions in people?s homes and at the capsule hotels ? in particularly when it comes to storage.”
Each collection is categorized under the concepts of Time, Small Space, Water, and Air, entirely suited for more earthly habitats, with lightweight modularity and sustainab...
All “Space Force” jokes aside, the science being researched at NASA’s Mars Desert Research Station in Utah is rather serious business, and will undoubtedly result in numerous unforeseen innovations over the years. On the forefront of actual missions to Mars, IKEA will be releasing four different micro-collections under the moniker of the RUMTID collection, each piece inspired by the environmental, small space living research explored for future Martian expeditions.
The IKEA design team visited the NASA Mars Desert Research Station in Utah for data and inspiration about the “high-tech, efficient way(s) of using our natural resources?.
?We want to learn from extreme scenarios and connect them back to Earth, focusing on urbanization and small space living?, says IKEA designer Siri Skillgate (whose work has previously looked out into the great vacuum of space for inspiration), ?In Tokyo, there?s a literal built-in thinking around small space living that allows for modularity and mobility. We felt really inspired by all of the interesting solutions in people?s homes and at the capsule hotels ? in particularly when it comes to storage.”
Each collection is categorized under the concepts of Time, Small Space, Water, and Air, entirely suited for more earthly habitats, with lightweight modularity and sustainab...
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