Constructing instead of consuming: good design for little money
‘You don’t have any money for furniture? Then build some yourself!’ Just in time for the do-it-yourself wave, Berlin-based architect and rapper Van Bo Le-Mentzel (*1977), popularly known as Le van Bo, has hit a nerve with his initiative. Amateurs have followed his instructions and built hundreds of cube sofas, the ‘Berliner Hocker,’ or ’24-Euro Chairs’ for a price that even the long-term unemployed can afford. A model apartment furnished with these pieces of furniture proves that it is possible to live tastefully without expensive grandstanding.
