Bedroom in a box
Everything is more convenient when delivered in an all-inclusive box. the Bento Box, the Happy Meal by McDonalds, the iPhone, and now a bedroom. The “Casulo” by designers Marcel Krings and Sebastian Mühlhäuser is a neatly packed box with an entire bedroom suite ready to go. No tools needed and minor assembly required for this IKEA worthy design. The use of styrofoam packing materials has been completely eliminated making this (unofficially) a “Green” product by design. My knee-jerk reaction upon seeing this impressive packing job, had me imagining Wile E. Coyote ordering an entire bedroom from ACME in another misguided attempt to lure the Roadrunner into a trap.
Designer: Marcel Krings & Sebastian Muhlhauser [ Via: TreeHugger ]






















72 Comments »
david r says
genius!
Nokke says
Good ide though it doesn’t have nice colors.
eddie says
maybe it could come out in loads of different colours ?
Randal says
I wish I had those
Helen says
This seems ALOT like the artwork of Andrea ZIttel
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/zittel_andrea.html
Roker says
it’s like the future is already here. Thin TVs, small computers, cell phones, and now: compact furniture.
Bokusatsu_Tenshi says
Very nice… at least the whole concept.
This would also be great for people that keeps spare rooms for people who are visiting. You could use the room for something else… and then when vist comes, just use the box.
Tyskkvinna says
I love it! The design is brilliant. I hope this finds its way into production.
Rodrigo van Kampen says
That’s amazing!
Please send me five of those!
TH says
Absolutely brilliant for the modern nomads.
As always with these things, I suppose putting it back together is probably the harder bit… It is as if the laws of physics stop working. If you take apart an engine and then put it back together, inevitably you’ll end up with some extra parts. Same with this, once you’ve put it up and try to pack it again, there will be parts that won’t fit anywhere.
I love it anyway.
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wanni says
판매하지 않아요 , 개년디자인만 이에요~
Eugene says
It is not for sale.
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rayelle says
This is truly amazing! it would sell very well especially to students in rented accommodation. I agree with the comment by TH putting it back together i imagine is considerably difficult!!
Collin says
yeah not to mention all the compartments are filled with stuff…
Region2 says
Wow, can you imagine if universities started using stuff like this. Storage would be such a snap. It would also be an interesting way of weeding out people that couldn’t follow instructions to build it. Then again, people and Ikea furniture….
Joe says
i would love 1
newbie.p says
hey, it´s great… where i can buy it?? and price? thx
Jason says
too bad you cant lift this box without a mini forklift (^ top photo) There better be some easy directions/methods to go along with it or it’ll be a nightmare to disassemble. Maybe the box needs wheels? I suspect mad hernias when trying to lift a bed, bookshelf, desk, dresser, and cabinets all at once. I’m strong but not that strong.
I like the concept though, looks like it can actually sell… so there’s that.
edin grahić says
how much,bosnia and herzegovina
edin grahiÄ says
how much,bosnia and herzegovina
edin grahić says
money,sorry
?cool thing..see ya..
edin grahiÄ says
money,sorry
?cool thing..see ya..
Y-pang says
真的很有意思啊。简单但又是必须的生活家具都放在了一个箱子里 , 好的设计 给我们带来新的移动的家
Y-ping says
哈哈 对了这回
cool~ says
it’s really cool, but i’m sure no one can “fit all those things in a small box”, my neighbor says…even 6yrs boy knows it…
glass pendant lights says
These would be very fresh products to the mainstream. It reminds me of my more youthful years when I would of had time I could afford to organizing furniture to become something else. You know, the sleepovers where you built forts out couches, chairs, bookcases and bedsheets that made you take the time to peice it together to become something else. That the first things that comes to mind.
With that in mind, although it would be fresh to mainstream, I think it is neat but very impractical being that you have to manually do it. Who wants to take the time to have to set up and breakdown a furniture set everytime you go in and out of the room.
I think that to put this concept over the top for mainstream the furniture contraptions should be made to be “automatic”. At the push of a button everything would break down and set back back up on its own without having manually do it.
That would be over the top super cool.
Aggie says
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PsychoGirl says
If you add industrial wheels to the bottom, the kind you can lock in place, perhaps the weight wouldn’t be too much of an issue if indeed it truly is an issue with the stryofoam board materials anyway.
This is a viable concept where physics is concerned actually. There would be limits to the weight of the objects being placed on the structures but this would be ideal for college students in dorms and as previous mentioned in another blog it would be ideal for a guest bedroom being used normally as something else.
Very cool.
Jesus God says
what is that on the top right drawer on the dresser in the second to last picture?
Jesus God says
Whats on the top right drawer on the dresser in the second to last pic?
Logan says
It’s the fabric door for the wardrobe (on the left of the wardrobe in last picture). You can see a video of it being built on the official site (http://www.mein-casulo.de/en/casulo_video.htm)
petnos says
very cool idea…
theguy0y000 says
Reminds me of Douglas Adams Starship Titanic.
Jehanzeb Navid says
Amazing piece of kit!! this can be used in Japan.
I would love to buy it and whenever traveling somewhere take it with me
Regards
Jehanzeb
Evath says
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
First of all… great concept. I saw one of these for sale at Target.
(one of these types of items – bedroom in a box – so the concept is not altogether new.
Secondly, this particular version seems to take no account at all of ergonomics.
That chair without a backrest would kill anyone’s back who sat in it over 15 minutes.
Seeing as you can’t hang trousers/pants/slacks or dresses in that wardrobe,
and it’s only about 6 feet tall, I’d flip it so that those tiny drawers, the bulk of the
real STORAGE in the set would be more accessible on top, and I’d hang my jackets below where I’d have less need to bend over.
The bed does not look like it was designed with comfort in mind, maybe hostelers who are accustomed to sleeping on floors would enjoy a nights sleep on it. But I’d sleep one night on it just to test it out and see if it worked for me.
The overall appeal of the design becomes lost as a result of those pukey color choices.
It would be hard to live in a room with all the homeyness of a Denny’s restaurant. It all looks so sterile, uncomfortable and unappealing really.
The idea is definitely one worth developing further. As it is, I would NEVER buy one.
But college dorm and overnight guest do come to mind. I just wouldn’t want to have anyone sleep on that, in my home, for more than 3 nights.
Evath says
By the way, no one mentioned how much this thing would weigh, or how much it’s expected cost would be. The bedroom in a box that I saw at Target or K-Mart was roughly $300 and came with the same items, only the chair was not included.
Evath says
It is GENIUS, however, that the BOX this stuff comes in, becomes the top portion of wardrobe.
Kudos… very high marks for functionality over form.
Danielle Bradshaw says
that is a really good idea for small apartments and not only. The all-inclusive box is really convenient.
time2relax says
now if only they could pack a hot tub in there!
斯瑞 says
对于租房子的我来说 非常方便~
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mx says
great idea. if it’s strong enough and cheap enough, it’d be very useful to many people.
mikomii says
does this design come in different colours n is this product available in europe?
farzad says
very good idae how we can assmble it?
Johnson says
I wish my furniture was so cool.
tonythetiger says
wow this is such a great concept! i would totally purchase it if it came in a more apealling color. if it is around 300 or so i think it is worth it. although the weight of the box seems like a necessary evil
DefunktOne says
This is brilliant stuff!
chris says
How much??
August says
WHERE CAN I BUY THIS?????
August says
WHERE CAN I BUY THIS?????
esl2020 says
I love the small house movement and minimal living, and seeing stuff like this is just great. I want to buy it just out of solidarity and get rid of all my other furniture.
esl2020 says
I love the small house movement and minimal living, and seeing stuff like this is just great. I want to buy it just out of solidarity and get rid of all my other furniture.
Mailtime says
This is an absolutely wonderful design!
Great for children and it’s very simple, easy, and(hopefully) affordable. If this actually existed, I would definitely buy one for one of my own. The twenty-first century is absolutely marvelous!
bakaneko says
loads of different colors?
Shapewear says
All those actually fitted in that small box? This is what I would call as amazing.
robrob says
awesome … nuff said
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