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Rashid's kit house is prefab-ulous

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2006 / February 25

In the world of design, describing anything as "prefab" is usually an insult. But thanks to Karim Rashid -- the same guy who made a wastepaper basket into a must-have design object -- the next time the doorbell rings, it might be UPS with your cool new house in a really big box. More swinging futurist pod than ready-for-assembly, Karim Rashid's Kit 24, making its debut this weekend at the Interior Design Show in Toronto, is a prefab house designed to appeal to high-end tastes. Based on a metaphor for time, it's 24-sided, with a free-flowing and open interior meant to work for all of the various requirements of a space over a 24-hour day.

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