The trend towards microliving is not new, but for some time now the idea has been increasing in popularity again. What are the new concepts all about?

A range of different options exist for the future of bathrooms in micro-apartments. We show you exciting new ideas and products.

Living on less than 30 square metres generally means that there is little space left for the household. Miniature electrical devices ensure that comfort is not missed out.

For the last 150 years Müller small living has been manufacturing all of its products itself. Yet with their purist formal language and multifunctional character, the wood furniture items are still up-to-date in 2019.

The Dutch designer Juul de Bruijn puts the storage space at her feet with "More Floor".

Efficient use – this is the core of every consideration for the design of small living spaces. KC Design Studio have perfected this concept to 42 square metres in Taipei.

How James Law from Hong Kong converts concrete water pipes into modular dwellings to mitigate the housing shortage and homelessness.

How Ori intends its movable multi-purpose furniture to create storage and usable space in microliving scenarios.

In Milan, MINI LIVING is exploring contemporary forms of living with a confined footprint. The “Breathe” installation, devised in collaboration with New York architects SO - IL in a Milan inner courtyard, provides space for up to three people, developing new urban space for occupation.

In Milan, MINI LIVING showed the installation MINI LIVING – BUILT BY ALL, developed in cooperation with London-based architecture firm Studiomama. Fabian Peters spoke to Oke Hauser, Creative Lead MINI LIVING, and Studiomama founder Nina Tolstrup about the project.

In presentations worldwide car brand MINI has demonstrated how to maximize small footprints with its MINI LIVING installations. Now things are getting serious: The first MINI LIVING co-living destination is to be built in Shanghai and construction work is scheduled to start this year.

It’s not always easy to find design ideas for small bathrooms. So all the nicer that at the ISH you can even view stylish systems for compact rooms, too.

Nils Holger Moormann has devised a box for micro-apartments – you can sleep, work and eat in it or on it, and store your stuff, too. Not a big thing, but the real thing.