Germany-born, Switzerland-based designer Till Koenneker took matters into his own hands when he moved into a studio apartment that had no storage. Building a simple cube-like design, called The Living Cube, he found space for his vinyl collection, TV, clothes, and shoes. On top of the cube, Koenneker was able to incorporate a bed for guests and inside houses a much-needed storage space.
Koenneker sketched out his ideas and had them built by Remo Zimmerli.
Working with the space he had, The Living Cube, essentially a large piece of furniture, was built for his personal needs and solves a lot of issues.
I loved that they used virtually ever square inch of the cube and made it functional.
Photos by Rob Lewis.

16 Comments
Margarita Rara on 09.25.2013 at 14:17 PM
What a cute design. Accolades.
Alex on 09.27.2013 at 10:17 AM
What every studio flat should use. Space saving solutions coupled with good design and severely under utilised!
Tony Ramirez on 09.28.2013 at 10:21 AM
Great idea! It would be a great design to implement in kids bedrooms as well. Kudos!
SEOcial on 09.28.2013 at 11:42 AM
This is a refreshingly simple and intelligent use of space. No only is the conceptual design spot on but the execution is nicely done. There’s got to be someway he can share/sell his “blueprints” with/to the rest of the world so everyone else can get hip to the best use of small spaces.
Nicholas Brown on 10.01.2013 at 12:10 PM
Nicely done. :)
I might have gotten an idea from this for storing my shoes. They are currently on the floor.
5rooms on 10.08.2013 at 07:42 AM
wow, that is great design. Love the space saving solution. :)
Basisone on 10.11.2013 at 22:56 PM
No way will it be so perfect when anyone is using the space.Somehow everything turns into a big ball .The best idea is to own less stuff,and learn to live with few things.Dont keep buying things and keep filing your homes.I remember Joney Carson once said ,” we need bigger homes for our stuff,”
zoop55 on 10.15.2013 at 00:04 AM
Really?… Records? I know Dj’s, Hipsters, and Dj-Hipsters think its cool to have a bunch of out dated music media laying around and need someplace to put it, but this is 20-fucking-13. This thing looks sweet, and is extremely functional, but I highly doubt the majority of buyers will be storing music in anything other than digital memory.
Diplo on 10.19.2013 at 17:02 PM
Fill it with books, if you prefer.
Werner Openshaw on 12.11.2013 at 12:19 PM
Please also check out http://www.rocketdesign.co.za forr great design ideas.
portablerica on 12.31.2013 at 13:21 PM
I only wish I could live out of a box! Really, what a stellar space saving idea!
bruno on 04.30.2014 at 12:52 PM
Fantastic funtionality and space using! Thank you for the inspiration…
I’m a product designer and i wish to share some of our piece development too! Now Im working for Delightfull – Unique Lamps and I’m really going for this kind of vibe for my designs. Maybe you can have a look here… http://www.delightfull.eu
Hope you enjoy!
Sarah on 12.07.2014 at 01:49 AM
http://design-milk.com/the-living-cube-by-till-koenneker/
hi there design milk :) .. I just passed by your page and I really loved this studio space saver that’s called ( The Living Cube by Till Koenneker ) and I showed it to my dad and he really liked it..so we were wondering if this design is able to be shipped to Kuwait and how much will it cost .. and thank you so much for your time and effort
and to all those who came up with all the ides on this site I say BLESS YOUR MAGNIFICANT MIND !!!!
we really need some great ideas like those to be noticed and recognized
Best of my regards fellows :)
Paulette dodson on 04.21.2015 at 06:14 AM
this is beautiful and really awesome piece of work
MTPM on 09.08.2015 at 06:09 AM
great ideas if you have not so much space in your room , then you can try this , it is best for you , may be we just suggest to you ..
Earth in a limit so these type of ideas save our earth also ..
ClickLaw on 04.27.2016 at 02:01 AM
Good for condo :)
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