Second life

Italian designer Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba has given the nomadic shipping crate a new lease on life by turning them into unique side tables by the simple addition of some elegant legs.

I love that he has reused such a unique item which is not only functional as a table but tells a story of its travels around the world.

Functional spaces

Gary Chang, a very smart architect living in Hong Kong, utilises a tiny space to create 24 different rooms through a series of sliding walls and folding furniture.