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Ikea flat-pack refugee shelter named 2016 Design of the Year
CNN Style ^ | January 27, 2017 | Allyssia Alleyne

Posted on 01/27/2017 3:28:16 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A flat-pack refugee shelter developed by Ikea and the United Nations has been named the best design of 2016.

Awarded the Beazley Design of the Year award, presented by the Design Museum in London, the modular Better Shelter is made from recyclable plastic, comprises only 68 components, and can be assembled in as few as four hours.

Each structure is large enough to house a family of five, and includes a solar panel to power lights and charge devices. Since production started in 2015, 16,000 units have been delivered to countries around the world including Iraq, Djibouti, Greece and Niger, to be used as homes, temporary clinics and offices....

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: ikea; refugees
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1 posted on 01/27/2017 3:28:16 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Charges devices ? A little something for the American poverty, I suppose ?


2 posted on 01/27/2017 3:29:24 PM PST by Celerity
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I could use one of those for deer camp!


3 posted on 01/27/2017 3:30:13 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cheese and Crackers. It has a friggin’ SOLAR CHARGING STATION?

You have a $500 phone? You’re richer than me!

Insanity.


4 posted on 01/27/2017 3:30:46 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Did they include an Allen wrench?


5 posted on 01/27/2017 3:31:22 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Actually, Deer or Bear Camp would be a perfect use!

That’s probably what they designed it for in the first place! No, wait. No hardened IKEA shopper would be out hunting for food...under just about ANY circumstance.

*SMIRK*


6 posted on 01/27/2017 3:32:46 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

$1250 - not a bad price at all.


7 posted on 01/27/2017 3:33:05 PM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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To: Celerity

The TV was a nice touch.


8 posted on 01/27/2017 3:34:17 PM PST by ptsal
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is a great product! All liberal Hollywood weenies and politicians should put them, as many as fit, into their front yards.


9 posted on 01/27/2017 3:35:14 PM PST by Yaelle
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10 posted on 01/27/2017 3:35:19 PM PST by newfreep ("If Lyin' Ted was an American citizen, he would be a traitor.")
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The son looks retarded


11 posted on 01/27/2017 3:39:22 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET; newfreep

Wow! I was going to say that (or inbred) but decided to be nice.


12 posted on 01/27/2017 3:41:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

These were probably where Hillary intended for us to live, but the election screwed that up...


13 posted on 01/27/2017 3:42:37 PM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Comes with a car!


14 posted on 01/27/2017 3:43:05 PM PST by jaz.357 (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

He’s just counting stitches in the floor mat pattern...


15 posted on 01/27/2017 3:45:27 PM PST by Carriage Hill ( Poor demoncrats haven't been this mad, since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Naw.

He’s just mad because they had to put away the video game for the photo.


16 posted on 01/27/2017 3:47:04 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: who knows what evil?

lol


17 posted on 01/27/2017 3:47:09 PM PST by a real Sheila (Ding dong, Obama's gone!)
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To: newfreep

Does it have granite countertops?

You can’t sell anything that doesn’t have granite countertops these days.


18 posted on 01/27/2017 3:48:55 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Celerity

In much of the third world they are bypassing ever installing hard wired phones and going straight to wireless.


19 posted on 01/27/2017 3:49:17 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How much ?


20 posted on 01/27/2017 3:51:57 PM PST by onona (Keeping the faith will be our new directive for the republic !)
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