Design
Kenchikukagu Folds Whole Rooms Into Rolling Boxes

In today’s market of over-priced real estate, the average apartment is basically a man-sized shoebox. Now you can make the most out of the space thanks to Japanese company Atelier OPA and designer Toshihiko Suzuki, who have introduced a series of folding “rooms” called Kenchikukagu.
The innovative line features a kitchen, bedroom and office that all fold up into compact cabinets that can be wheeled away for easy storage. For about $7,500 each, you can buy one now on Amazon Japan. See how it all unfolds in the video below…
[Kenchikukagu via Luxurylaunches]

my guess is if you can afford one of these things, lack of living space is not really a pressing problem.
that said, the foldaway guest room is great. they should’ve donated 50,000 of them to the superdome after katrina. or put them in jail.
Comment by DeShawn Stevenson — September 30, 2008 #
In fact lack of living space is a “great problem” in Japan, not in America obviously.
Comment by Patricia — October 3, 2008 #