Soon moving again, this time to Boulogne’s Villa Lipchitz – built by architectural icon Le Corbusier – Absalon had set his sights on existing in geographical limbo, wishing to split his time between Paris, Zurich, New York, Tel Aviv, Frankfurt am Main and Tokyo. Motivated by his dream, the artist designed a series of six living pods called, intended to accommodate just one person. They would each require only a few square metres of space and he planned to build and utilise these homes in 1993.
In 2018 the conversation surrounding designed living and its parameters has expanded to encompass all aspects of life. Work, play and nourishment have combined and the hierarchies of our needs manipulated to suit the increasingly flexible cultures we aspire to exist within. What is never lost is our craving for beauty. Even in the most functional spaces, pleasure is derived from clean lines and the minimalism of eradicated excess.