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04-10-2009, 08:18 AM
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Trailer: 1972 13 ft Boler American
Posts: 86
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OK - I want one, the shell would be interesting, curious about keeping private areas private, but I'm sure the shell in certain areas wouldn't be see through -
great concept though -
http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/03/06/open-house/
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04-10-2009, 08:29 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1960 28 ft Airstream
Posts: 336
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04-10-2009, 09:01 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2008 19 ft Scamp Custom Deluxe 5th Wheel
Posts: 134
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WOW - i read the "reviews" on the second link.
My, my, my - their mommies must be PROUD that those folks know all those swear words.
It reinforces how much I appreciate a forum that is nice, generally friendly, and when there IS a dispute it doesn't seem to go THAT horribly negative and... well... just NASTY.
My, my my.
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04-10-2009, 09:24 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1983 13 ft Scamp
Posts: 3,082
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04-10-2009, 09:34 AM
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Trailer: Fiber Stream 1978 / Honda Odyssey LX 2003
Posts: 8,222
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...curious about keeping private areas private, but I'm sure the shell in certain areas wouldn't be see through -[/url]
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People wouldn't have to bug you about taking a tour...
It has a screen mesh cover "to keep the bugs out".
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04-10-2009, 10:15 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2009 17 ft Casita Freedom Deluxe
Posts: 857
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Maybe you could tow this behind the PUMA.
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04-10-2009, 10:47 AM
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Member
Trailer: 1972 13 ft Boler American
Posts: 86
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Well I'm guessing the thin layer what have some sort of privacy control
Otherwise, it could make for interesting shower times...
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04-10-2009, 02:26 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1994 Lite House
Posts: 172
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looks cool! also looks like a lot of stuff to break too. i can see these jamming up while your camping and having a repair person out there to fix it before you can pack up and go home.
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04-10-2009, 03:35 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 17 ft 1986 Burro
Posts: 889
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Um, most of my camping trips include some rain.....
What do you do for that?
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04-10-2009, 03:57 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1994 Lite House
Posts: 172
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live in a Pancho? hehe
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04-10-2009, 05:03 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Boler 1984
Posts: 2,938
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Many thanks to our Moderators who help us to remember to clean up the language and keep it at it's best.
A clean camper is a happy camper!
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04-10-2009, 06:08 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 19 ft Scamp 19 ft 5th Wheel Dlx / 2001 Ford Ranger 4x4
Posts: 1,125
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I find that thing very very strange!!
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04-11-2009, 12:59 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Scamp
Posts: 358
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Um, most of my camping trips include some rain.....
What do you do for that?
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close it up and think THIN
Become oneeeee with the walls
or wear on your head?
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04-11-2009, 05:25 AM
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Senior Member
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Clever.... but only in the sense of clever graphics and ideas. Clearly not in the least practical or realistic, in about a hundred different ways, like a 1950s show car.
Like the show cars, it presumably is meant as marketing for the 'designer' (well, 'graphic artist'), though I'd consider it a sign to steer well clear of him/her.....
Andrew
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04-11-2009, 06:21 AM
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Administrator
Trailer: Casita 1999 17 ft Liberty Deluxe
Posts: 10,948
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Even a windy day could wreak havoc...
But, thanks for posting it, Tim! It's nice to see what's out there (even if still just in conceptual stage).
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04-11-2009, 02:09 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Casita 17 ft Spirit Deluxe
Posts: 509
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Surreal - characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys
No thought to air, water, electricity. Looks nice, hardly realistic. Probably won a design award.
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04-27-2009, 11:52 AM
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Junior Member
Trailer: Fleetwood
Posts: 5
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Clever.... but only in the sense of clever graphics and ideas. Clearly not in the least practical or realistic, in about a hundred different ways...presumably is meant as marketing for the 'designer' (well, 'graphic artist')
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It's the brainchild of a team led by 23-year-old design student Stephanie Bellanger of Paris. Design students are often encouraged to ignore the more mundane aspects of mechanics, construction, materials etc. in order to focus on the possibilities of pure design. Our company has hosted a couple of design contests. We turn the designs over to our engineers and ask, "What parts of this are practical? What parts are possible? What can we use from this?" They usually just laugh, but sometimes we get some great ideas.
Stephanie's "Mobile Mini-House" design was entered in a Minimaousse contest (google it) and won a 'coup de coeur' (honorable mention) award.
It is nothing more than an interesting concept, and as Andrew points out, it is highly unlikely to ever reach any further stage of development.
On the other hand, take a look at this Scarab RV concept, also capable of being pulled by a Mini or a road bike, and scheduled for production this summer.
Tom
PS - Great forum!
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04-27-2009, 12:19 PM
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Junior Member
Trailer: Fleetwood
Posts: 5
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WOW - i read the "reviews" on the second link....My, my, my - their mommies must be PROUD that those folks know all those swear words.
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What scares me is that all of those respondents seem to think that the thing is real. They haven't even studied the images (two of which clearly show an opaque covering coming from one of the end segments). People don't seem to realize that it's a a flight of fancy, a design student's contest entry.
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04-30-2009, 01:44 PM
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Junior Member
Trailer: Fleetwood
Posts: 5
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I had a nice email from Stéphanie Bellanger, one of the design team. You can read more about the Mobile Mini House here.
Now I'm off to look for my old trailer, a 1976 Trillium. Gotta be somewhere in the forum...
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