Designist Dream

Thanks to 2Modern for drawing my attention to these amazing modular storage units by the supremely talented and trendy Israeli designer, Arik Levy. I featured Levy’s glamorous approach to Modernism on Designist earlier this year and last, but considering that it’s Valentine’s day today around the world, I figured I’d share some love for a favorite of mine.

The One Square Meter cubes are basically a set of interlocking and sliding compartments that can be disassembled and extended in a variety of directions. When they’re all closed though, they measure one square meter. Hence the name. Brilliant. Now your house doesn’t have to look like a storage facility just so you can store everything you own. Just think of how all those annoying colorful toys would magically disappear in this classy modern-meets-minimal treasure chest. Plus, in black, Levy’s design has the added bonus of looking like the Kaaba in Mecca which lends a spiritual - even holy - component to either your home decor aspirations, your design product/ designer worship or your daily cleaning up chores. How controvertial. Maybe that’s why it seems to lose a bit of its mystique in oak. But either way you stack it, it’s still pretty damn cool.