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This is an interesting idea if you have high ceilings. In my experience, a room small enough to make this system worth using would also have low ceilings. My ce
by claudiulodro 8y ago
This is an interesting idea if you have high ceilings. In my experience, a room small enough to make this system worth using would also have low ceilings. My ceilings are 8 ft, so unless the proposed bed and ceiling boxes are less than 2 feet tall I'm going to be hitting my head on them all the time.
To be honest, this seems like the Juicero of furniture: an expensive tech solution to a non-tech problem. The problem is solved for a fraction of the cost with a daybed that has storage underneath.[1] It is, after all, still a combination sleep/living area with storage room for clothes.
As someone working on a furniture solution for small spaces and with a history of professional furniture building, turning furniture into built-in moving electronics is IMO not the solution:
1. It increases the cost of the furniture to be out of the range of your customers, who are typically in a small space because they do not have a ton of extra money.
2. Good luck getting your landlord to approve bolting large furniture to your ceiling, and what do you do when you move?
[1] https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70320135/ https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70320135/
- teddyh 8y agoOr a simple loft bed: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/bedroom/19039/ https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/be...
- jonknee 8y ago> Good luck getting your landlord to approve bolting large furniture to your ceiling, and what do you do when you move? The article sounds like this is a feature of the apartment (to help make up for small unit sizes).
- claudiulodro 8y agoIn that case, good luck getting your landlord out to fix the bed if it gets stuck in the ceiling! :)
- sharemywin 8y ago... or your pinned against the wall and can't get out.
- jonknee 8y agoLuxury apartment buildings typically have pretty good maintenance capabilities. You already rely on them to be able and cook, go to the restroom, take a shower, etc.
- xg15 8y agoBut if you have a luxury apartment, it's likely large enough for traditional furniture.
- jonknee 8y agoWhy is that? Luxury doesn't equal size, especially in a dense urban area. Did you read the article? What else do you call a small, expensive apartment with tons of amenities that also contains robotic furniture?