Furniture designs for Unit Prototype on view at National Public Housing Museum’s BREAKTHROUGH exhibit, November 19, 2025 – April 19, 2026.
Shelf Life, Curtain-Column, and Rest Play Love are three pieces of furniture that were designed for the experimental unit prototype by the Housing Futures Initiative. Intended for highly compact modes of dwelling, they are transformable and pliable elements to accommodate a multiplicity of functions and lifestyles, encouraging both individual and communal activities
Curtain-Column is a soft delineation of space that tempers environments, calls on us to be open, and is capable of taming even the toughest structure.
Rest Play Love breaks the confines of the bed. As you move the bed apart, you get two loveseats; rotate these two seats and you get a sofa; remove the cushions and you have two cozy islands.
Shelf Life removes the shelf from the stubbornness of a wall, lets it dance, open and close space, as well as widen and shorten perspectives. (rotation only with supervision)
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Furniture Prototype Manufacturing: Max Davis Workshop as well as Harry Warnaar and Andrew Martinez, with special thanks to Alexander Jones.