Japanese retail company Muji, that sells minimalistic, yet chic, household and consumer products at reasonable price and pays attention to recycling and avoidance of production waste, is considered a generic brand with no-logo or no-brand policy. Muji gained international interest not only by their simple stationary and home items, but also by designing and offering prefabricated home designs that are also modern, eco-friendly and minimalistic.
Last year the retailer started selling miniature houses as an affordable alternative that still follows the company’s high standards. One of the houses that come in various shapes and sizes is a micro Hut designed by Naoto Fukasawa, Jasper Morrison, and Konstantin Grci. The Vertical House that followed is built take advantage of tight urban spaces by having its doors and walls eliminated, with the creators aiming to make smaller areas seem a lot larger (if you wish to admire the Verical House, click here or see video below at 1:19).
Most recently, Muji have decided to test comfort and living-experience of their new house by the wide public. So, if you ever wanted to live in a designer house, you can now apply to become an ambassador to company’s new “Window House” with windows on all four sides. The ambassador can then host their family or even a group of friends and the best news is that they don’t have to be Japanese to apply, but only speak the language. The brand-new house is located in the poetic neighbourhood of seaside city Kamaruka just south of Tokyo and the house-sitters enjoying their rent-free stay will need only to communicate with company’s designers, act as tour guides and report on the experience with Muji’s appliances and products particularly used in the house.
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