Constructing instead of consuming: good design for little money
'You don’t have any money for furniture? Then build some yourself!' Just in time for the do-it-yourself wave, Berlin-based architect and rapper Van Bo Le-Mentzel (*1977), popularly known as Le van Bo, has hit a nerve with his initiative. Amateurs have followed his instructions and built hundreds of cube sofas, the 'Berliner Hocker,' or '24-Euro Chairs' for a price that even the long-term unemployed can afford. A model apartment furnished with these pieces of furniture proves that it is possible to live tastefully without expensive grandstanding.
Constructing instead of consuming: good design for little money
'You don’t have any money for furniture? Then build some yourself!' Just in time for the do-it-yourself wave, Berlin-based architect and rapper Van Bo Le-Mentzel (*1977), popularly known as Le van Bo, has hit a nerve with his initiative. Amateurs have followed his instructions and built hundreds of cube sofas, the 'Berliner Hocker,' or '24-Euro Chairs' for a price that even the long-term unemployed can afford. A model apartment furnished with these pieces of furniture proves that it is possible to live tastefully without expensive grandstanding.
Van Bo Le-Mentzel’s call on the Internet to send him similar good ideas appealed to numerous users. The result of this 'crowd sourcing' is this pocketbook with intelligent, build-it-yourself furniture accompanied by (life)wisdom from a multitalented artist and packed into book form. With blueprints and lists of materials, guaranteed 'doable' by everyone.
