Design Collection

Domicell

This theiss project explores the different effects of the housing crisis and economic tumoil across cultures and social classes.

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Van Dwelling
Van Dwelling

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Van Dwelling

The nomadic, self-sufficient lifestyle can make anywhere the road can take a person’s home.

Squatting
Squatting

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Squatting

Squatters could be granted legal rights over land under strict conditions, one of which includes the regular maintenance of the property they reside in.

Public Housing
Public Housing

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Public Housing

Small living spaces brings the community closer, fostering tight knit relationships.

Cage Homes
Cage Homes

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Cage Homes

The cramped, unsanitary living conditions endured by the extremely impoverished. A bleak reality exists as a phenomenon in Hong Kong.

Enlistment
Enlistment

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Enlistment

Seen as a shortcut to financial stablity, many enlisted on a whim while failing to account for its long term consequences.

Workforce Housing
Workforce Housing

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Workforce Housing

Occupations that are rural or require frequent travel often provide housing. However, workers must be content with its grueling and laborious aspects.

Capsule Hotels
Capsule Hotels

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Capsule Hotels

A band-aid solution to the relentless Japanese work culture. Salarymen are overworked and are no different than worker bees.

Secondary Suites
Secondary Suites

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Secondary Suites

Transforming and upscaling unused spaces into living areas is an unconventional but effective practice.

Work by

John Lee aka. mortemflail

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“Domicell, a homophonic pun on the word domicile, depicts the effects of the housing crisis and financial turmoil across cultures and social statuses. The word “cell” implies the sense of entrapment...” [More]