Small space fun and games

While surfing through the Apartment Therapy website over the weekend, I found this brilliantly designed space-saving door/ping-pong table and knew I had to share it with you:

I especially like that when the unit is acting as a door you can remove the net and use the metal structure as a towel bar. (It’s more clear that this is possible in photographs on the AT site.)

This incredibly functional design comes from Tobias Franzel. I couldn’t find a retail outlet selling the doors, so you’ll need to contact the designer through his website for custom information. Even if you never buy one of these doors, it is still an inspiring and clever product design.

I love when people think outside the box … or, in this case, the door.

(According to AT, the images are by Marcel Koehler.)

Posted by Erin on Jul 13, 2009 | Comments

6 comments posted

  1. Posted by jfb3 - 07/13/2009

    Actually NOT functional for playing any form of table tennis. Another design student project. The meditation bench does look good though.

  2. Posted by pve - 07/13/2009

    love this – if only I had that door in college -
    we love playing ping pong!
    pve

  3. Posted by Amy - 07/13/2009

    Maybe not functional for table tennis enthusiasts, but for most people, very awesome!

  4. Posted by Gabriel - 07/13/2009

    Come on, jfb3, don’t hate. Yeah, so this isn’t a regulation size table. But what’s the alternative? It’s a plain, boring door. This is way cooler.

    Plus, the only way to make this work would be to become *better* at table tennis. Only a rookie needs a whole, huge table. A true pro could play on any sized surface.

  5. Posted by Anita - 07/13/2009

    Is it me, or does the door in the second photo seem oddly short? I hope the guy “modelling” it is inordinately tall (or the images use forced perspective, though somehow I doubt it); I’d hate to think the owners of a ping-pong table door run the risk of scraping the scalp off their heads every time they walk through the door…

  6. Posted by Lynette - 07/13/2009

    This design is genius, though we would probably want to play Beer-Pong on it (given the proper supports), it is very cool.

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