Welcome
KVADRAT · 2011
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It could be a rocket, a tipi or an
igloo, depending on the user’s imagination, but in reality Welcome is an indoor
playhouse for children.
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The form evolved from the various
childhood memories of the Mermelada partners, while Welcome’s construction
design is inspired by a typical Chinese lantern. A skeletal structure of rings
holds a skin composed of two colours of the Hallingdal 65 fabric. This outside
structure of the house is carried by an interior pole fixed at the base and
top. The base, a wooden disc padded with foam and upholstered, is lifted from
the bottom through five feet.
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Inside the little house is an extra
surprise in the form of geometric graphics embroidered onto the fabric and
transporting its occupants further into a magic world.
