Nomadic Dreams: Mobile Living Solutions

When I was studying at Goldsmiths in London back in 2011, I had just returned from a period of travelling where I camped regularly. I played around with the idea: ‘What if I continued to live like a nomad while living in London?’ I explored custom tent designs in various scenarios.

This book provided a great deal of inspiration, however idealistic…

Nice architectural drawings and shapes.

Tree tent mock-up (secured with climbing gear).

Some kind of pod?

Or inflatable?

I became slightly obsessed with geodesic domes for a time:

Perhaps some kind of fold-up thing…

I did find some good examples of actual novel solutions:

So my thought processes moved onto a combined vehicle.

Unfortunately that is about as far as it got. A few nights I did take my touring setup, cycle to the outskirts of London and camp in a field and I did live in an odd warehouse conversion for a bit but never managed to actually get a sustainable, portable living solution. “A caravan!” I hear you.

More broadly, I did think about what would happen if someone didn’t actually want a flat and many possessions, but just a secure place to sleep, like the capsule hotels in Japan.

A boat was another option and, in hindsight, perhaps one of the more practical. Not one that looks like this though :)

• Lifestyle
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