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Designer Dumas Wants You to Live in a Bubble

By Rain Noe - February 23, 2011

in Object Culture

Pre-war buildings have relatively tiny windows, and it's no secret why. Residents back then spent so much time in crowded public spheres, jammed shoulder-to-shoulder with their fellow citizens in marketplaces, factories, communal parks and so on, that when they got home they wanted not only to keep out the elements, but to gain some privacy from the rest of the world.

Designer Pierre Stephane Dumas' Bubble Tree pressurized tent, which he started selling last year for roughly $12,000, is like the opposite of a high-density pre-war. It's low-occupancy, provides sweeping views, affords zero privacy, and is cool as heck. And we suppose if you needed to change clothes you could smoke a couple of cigarettes first.

Here's a vid of Dumas describing it...en Francais:

As we mentioned this project is from last year, and it's possible the bubble has since burst. Sadly, Dumas' website for the project was dead at press time.

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haha

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i hope no one pokes a hole in it @_@
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i hope that bubble is made from recyclable materials.
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some time ago i discovered this design : http://www.dcdr.dk/dk/Materiale/Mind+Design/No+19/Hans_Hollein-Mobiles_Buero-425x303.jpg
from Hans Hollein, i found it a great idea, a mobile glasshouse, nice warm in the sun... , but i could stop thinking all the noise from the air intake fan would ruin the experience... i'm curious how they fixed that in this bubble
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