Lulka

Cradle - Tent - Clothes rack

Challenge

Create a modern object that respects and renovates the artisan traditions of the South Tyrol region in Italy.

Key Insight

What is more traditional than a cradle? How can you renovate the traditional cradle passed down from generation to generation?

Inspiration

Unknown wooden structures found in the Museum of Teodone in the Dolomites.

Outcome

LULKA is a cozy cradle where your child can sleep protected, surrounded by natural materials. The rounded shapes of its structure create a spacious and harmonious place able to change with time.

The cradle LULKA pursues an idea of multifunctionality and sustainability by following the growth of a child from infancy to adolescence. Once the child grows and stops sleeping in the cradle, LULKA can be trasformed:

From a cradle to a tent

This transformation, which requires a minimum intervention, can become a game that parents and children can play together. Any child just loves to have a space where he/she can hide and where he/she can keep his/her toys, read, play or sleep, but also invite his/her friends.

From a tent to a clothes rack

After your child has stopped playing with the tent you can turn LULKA, always with your own hands, in a neat clothes rack that will furnish the child’s room.

LULKA responds to the demand for space-saving kids’ furniture: thanks to its “minimalist” design, all components of LULKA, once removed, occupy very little space and are therefore easily stowed.