InterModal Design

Name: InterModal Design
Address: Minneapolis, MN, US
Telephone: 612.379.4382

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harnesses the power of the shipping container

03/08/2012

check out the blog (http://intermodaldesign.wordpress.com/). i will be adding the history of the Holyoke cabin as I have time. this info had been up on the Hive blog but we have since shut that down so i thought i would post it up on IMD's..

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08/02/2010

InterModal Design is excited to have just released a new shipping container design, unit 0322. The newest member of the IMD family is a housing proposal for post-disaster relief. For more on how 0322 came about, check out the blog. And don't forget to peruse all the photos, diagrams and plans available on our website. Enjoy!

For a while now, we at InterModal Design have been working on a form of relief housing which would not only address short term issues, but also provide a plan for stabile long term growth. Unit 0322 came about following the earthquake disaster in Chile, in which many lower and middle class homes wer...

07/30/2010

A couple of posts on the Antarctic to keep you cool in these hot summer days...

Richard Rogers may be more well known for his sense of style than as the inspiration of the current generation of Antarctic structures. However, having perused a fantastic book on modular construction, I stumbled upon Richard and Su Rogers Zip-Up Enclosures No 1 and 2 and immediately thought of thos...

07/23/2010

A house boat made from a oil tanker and a Japanese modular apartment building. What more could you want. Check out IM Design for more...

In the 1939 June issue of Popular Science, there is an amusing piece of engineering and design in which Rene Tatro refurbishes a 20,000 gallon oil tank into a house boat. It has all the fancy and fantasy of an Aristide Antonas Keg Apartment, even complete with a duck billed canvas overhang. I’m not ...

07/16/2010

Paul Stankey's shipping container cabin in the woods has been published again! This time in a very cool and informational Container Atlas. For more details check out the latest over at IM Design.

For a while now, containers architecture has slowly been popping up around the globe. With the growingnumber of projects its becoming harder and harder to keep up with all the great designs. Luckily Prof. Hans Slawik, a faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences at Liebniz University Hanover, ha...

07/09/2010

After a mini hiatus IM Design is back with a new post. Check it out!

Dutch design team Daphna Isaacs Burggraaf and Laurens Manders ofDaphna Laurens createdtheTafelstukken,beautiful lighting fixtures and center pieces madefrom oak and ceramic. These great fixtures even won aDMY award in Berlin for their simple, playful and well crafted pieces.

06/11/2010

A few new posts up on IMDesign: exotic architecture in the extremes of the Antarctic and ultra-compact living in a Hong Kong high rise. Check it out >>>

In traditional Japanese architecture,walls made of wooden frames and rice paper could beslid open or closedto alter the presence of a room from an intimate setting to a public room blending insideand ...

06/04/2010

A couple new posts up on the IM Design blog: another unfolding furniture piece along with a great example of bringing old ruins back to life. Check it out on IM Design...

At first glance this gallery seems to be just another old ruin. However, looking closer you realize there is something more interesting going on in thisdilapidatedstructure. FNP architekten, based ...

05/26/2010

There are a couple new posts up on the blog: the art of craft in india and a innovative idea for space saving furniture...

Who would think to bedazzle the bucket on a backhoe or make a fence from saris? There’s an interesting article over at Design Observer about the simple embellishments of objects amongst India’s poorer cast. ...

05/11/2010

There's a new post up on the blog. A couple of recent Japanese high school graduates build their own camper; it's a masterpiece of efficiency and mechanics. Check it out on IM Design.

When there’s a will there’s a way. At the turn of themillenniuma couple recent high school graduates decided to build a camper and tour their native country Japan. It was a DIY project all the way, as they toiled for two years, learning as they built out this masterpiece of efficiency. ...

05/03/2010

We're pleased to see the nice folks at Inhabitat are covering InterModal Design's launch!

InterModal Design is a new shipping container prefab design company started by the founders of Hive Modular

04/30/2010

After a busy week of moving into the new office and launching the website, we finally had a moment to put up a quick post about diwheels and monowheels. check out the blog for more on these beauties...

It’s been a hectic week at IMD, but we have moved everything into the new office and are finally starting to settle in. We willpost photos of the new digs once the dust settles and the boxes dissappear. ...

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