This wild concept car snaps together like Ikea furniture

After decades of speculation, we know that electric cars are finally here to stay. Every big car company in the world is pivoting from gasoline engines. But what if it wasn’t just the car companies that chose to build electric cars? What if a company like Ikea got involved? That’s the vision behind a new concept car created by Ryan Schlotthauer, a recent graduate of the College of Creative Studies in Detroit. He has imagined what it would look like if the world’s largest furniture company, known for flatpacking just about every conceivable design into a few boxes, gave the same treatment to a small car. And while it’s pure speculation, Schlotthauer’s vision of a car that arrives at your door for you to assemble yourself is both plausible and desirable. It’s your move, Ikea. See the project here. — Mark Wilson   This wild concept car snaps together like Ikea furniture For now, it’s just a student project, but it’s still a captivating idea.   READ MORE   The secrets behind the plastic spoon: a ‘perfect’ design with terrible consequences An exhibit at the London Design Biennale presents hundreds of spoons as if they were already extinct.   READ MORE   ‘The Oregon Trail’ is back—and a little less racist Can a game that’s about colonization become more culturally sensitive if the premise stays the same? A new edition of ‘The Oregon Trail’ wrestles with exactly that.   READ MORE   How New York could dramatically increase its public space One architect has a bold vision for making New York more livable: Splice through city blocks to create public courtyards for outdoor dining, public open space, or even car-free streets.   READ MORE   This fantastically retro video game is taking on malnutrition Child malnutrition is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. A new initiative is using video games to combat it.   READ MORE

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