Exciting Times

Shoebox Homes has had lots of exciting experiences of late: Here's an overview:

• Free Range Films have been filming our work for a documentary to go on SABC.
• Next week CNN will be filming Tsai and the beds too!
• We have had discussions regarding funding from some churches in the UK and in Cape Town. We hope to deliver seven new beds to their project in the next month.

Watch this space for further developments!

Competition!

entries should be emailed to info@shoeboxhomes.co.za

Exciting New Products at Headspace at CPUT

Today I was at Headspace - an exhibition of work from CPUT students. CPUT, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, have a great design department and I have enjoyed connecting with some of the staff and students.

Of particular interest, of course, was the space-saving designs. I saw some great work by the students. Interestingly, all of it was made of Xanita, or X-Board. This is a recycled, low-cost board that is made just outside of Cape Town. I am not convinced of it's long term durability, however, it is great to see such an innovation in this area.

Here are some pics (low-res), of the students' work:

Black Umbrella's New Site

Our sister organisation, Black Umbrellas, launched their website this week. They are a great organisation - supporting emerging black business in their formative stages. There is such a crucial need for this in South Africa. Shoebox Homes is so proud to be associated with Black Umbrellas. Check out the site by clicking on the logo below:

New 3-bunk version of the Nested Bunk Bed!

We are now selling the bunk bed as a three piece unit. We are very excited about this - the "triple-bunk" is better for smaller homes and comes at a new reduced price! Here's the ad that's going live in the next week in South Africa:

Website Updated

Today we revamped the content of our main site. It has a rotating photo slide show of all the latest pics, details of those requesting the beds, and lots of other news and info.

Please take a look at www.shoeboxhomes.co.za

At SABS, Pretoria

Just got back from two days in Gauteng. The first was spent in Pretoria, at the Design Institute at SABS. Tsai has entered the bunk beds into their annual design competition.

Here's some pics of the bed in their foyer:

House and Leisure photo shoot

Have just got back from a great photo shoot with House and Leisure magazine. We'll be featured in the September edition. Our blue version of the Nested Bunk Bed looks great against the white back drop of the studio. It also looks great with the beautiful bedding and brightly-coloured childrens' equipment.

Beds in the Design Indaba Magazine

My last post reminds me about the review of the Nested Bunk Bed in the Design Indaba's magazine. Well done Tsai for all the awards your design is getting!

Check it out over at www.designindaba.com/news/news2008/march08ezine.html

Tsai and the Nested Bunk Bed in Elle Decoration (SA), Autumn Edition

We are excited to announce that the Nested Bunk Bed was included in the Autumn edition of Elle Decoration (SA). Tsai, who designed the unit, is described as a "Green Keeper", one of seven "big thinkers who are helping to shape our eco-conscious future".

The beds can also be seen on the magazine's blog: http://elledeco.blogspot.com/2008/05/matryoshka-beds.html

Shoebox Homes Launches New Blog

Dear Readers,

We are excited to announce the new Shoebox Homes blog!

This site will document the development of Shoebox Homes. We will be updating the blog with news and pictures from those receiving the multi-award-winning Nested Bunk Bed unit.

Watch this space for other news as we start moving into new areas, with exciting new products and innovative space-saving design solutions.

Sam Adams and the Shoebox Homes team.