The life of urban nomads places new demands on cities, buildings,
residences, and working spaces. This book presents temporary
architecture and flexible room and furniture concepts, as well as the
fitting tools and fashion, for a generation that feels at home in every
corner of the globe. Today's internet generation no longer needs a home.
It is mobile. It works six months in a shared office in Berlin, spends
the summer in a caravan in Chile, and shows up just in time for the next
project at a temporary desk for a client in New York. Growing up with
the internet and digital tools means living and working differently.
Aside from a functioning wireless connection and good coffee, we
developers, designers, musicians, journalists, and other creative
entrepreneurs need, above all, inspirationnew ideas, contacts, and
international exchange. So they travel from one co-working space to the
next, alternating countires and continents, as well as accommodation,
friends, and cultures. The New Nomadsdocuments this trend, in particular
showing the architecture, interior design, modular furniture, and
multi-functional tools that this nomadic generation has developed for
its own specific needs. Divided office floors with flexible uses,
temporary living and working spaces that move with the nomads,
multi-functional objects that are at once chair and storage space, table
and bed, or cupboard and desk are all featured in the book. The
necessary infrastructure is not hidden away but becomes the
distinguishing design feature. Compactness and functionality meet a high
standard for aesthetics, sustainability, and material. Representatives
of this nomadic generation can be found across the globe. They leave
traces, especially in major cities but also in transportation hubs. The
sleeping pod at the airport is booked on short notice due to cancelled
connecting flights. Desks, meeting rooms, showrooms, and catering are
available or a few hours or days at a time if necessary. Experimental
thinkers develop mobile units that can be used in conjunction with
existing infrastructures or on their own. Putting down roots now means
acquiring a weekend abode, a community garden, or a tree house. Through
these innovative types of room concepts, furniture, and clothing, a
multi-functional temporary living space becomes a nomadic home. What
might currently be perceived as an exception is, in fact, rapidly
becoming the rule. The new requirements that this creates for
architects, interior and product designers, city planners, and employers
are made clear in this book.
