I so want this 9tubo house.
Dutch water houses also look very fine for living in. Prefab on floats, it would have been ideal for living in New Orleans.
I also caught a discussion of these californian prefabs on a KCRW design and architecture podcast. Even though they’re prefab they still start at around £200k. Though they look very configurable and comfortable and designed in a sort of nordic modernist fusion sort of style.
Interesting view on design. Design not for a usable product but to play with the user. Goes against a whole bunch of design principles, but there have been a whole raft of examples of misuse of products, or overcoming interface woes. Take the web, teletext or the unix command line interface.
I’m reminded in his thinking about game design. In game design you specifically do not make things easy to do. It’s a competition/puzzle/feat against the game. You do compete against the product and try and overcome it. So maybe some of this “play” could be used on other products. But in the right sort of way. I’ve seen some product design that people call “playful” but usually it’s just cute or whimsical.
Any suggestions for products that are hard to use but actually fun to use?
Or products that are meant to be fun but are just cute?
My mind is a blank and I’m going for a walk in the sun while it lasts.
