Qubis Haus
Dolls' House
2014 (made)
2014 (made)
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This dolls’ house is designed to work as a coffee table and children’s plaything. Designed by Amy Whitworth of Qubis Design, the house was developed with funding from the Boost product design competition, and launched at the Southbank Centre in 2012.
Based on her own experiences of supervising her daughter at play in a contemporary living room, Whitworth developed a multi-functional piece of furniture which appealed to adults and children. In fact, it was more popular as a toy because “the fact it is always out and in the centre of the room meant that it is always played with”.
The demand for this type of object reflected the changing distribution of domestic space in the UK. The last quarter of the twentieth century saw children increasingly sharing adult space, and making claims on living rooms with toys and games. In twenty-first century Britain, middle class homes are smaller and increasingly open-plan, with fewer separated play rooms or nurseries.
Based on her own experiences of supervising her daughter at play in a contemporary living room, Whitworth developed a multi-functional piece of furniture which appealed to adults and children. In fact, it was more popular as a toy because “the fact it is always out and in the centre of the room meant that it is always played with”.
The demand for this type of object reflected the changing distribution of domestic space in the UK. The last quarter of the twentieth century saw children increasingly sharing adult space, and making claims on living rooms with toys and games. In twenty-first century Britain, middle class homes are smaller and increasingly open-plan, with fewer separated play rooms or nurseries.
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| Parts | This object consists of 8 parts.
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| Title | Qubis Haus (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Birch plywood, oak, metal, coloured acrylic |
| Brief description | Qubis Haus dolls' house, made by Amy Whitworh, made in Britian 2014 |
| Physical description | Birch plywood cantilevered coffee table with two shelves, set on four short metal legs, with interchangeable compartments creating a two level dolls' house setting. The rooms are divided by removable sliding panels made from made from wood and acrylic, these panels run in grooves in the surfaces of the table's shelves. |
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| Summary | This dolls’ house is designed to work as a coffee table and children’s plaything. Designed by Amy Whitworth of Qubis Design, the house was developed with funding from the Boost product design competition, and launched at the Southbank Centre in 2012. Based on her own experiences of supervising her daughter at play in a contemporary living room, Whitworth developed a multi-functional piece of furniture which appealed to adults and children. In fact, it was more popular as a toy because “the fact it is always out and in the centre of the room meant that it is always played with”. The demand for this type of object reflected the changing distribution of domestic space in the UK. The last quarter of the twentieth century saw children increasingly sharing adult space, and making claims on living rooms with toys and games. In twenty-first century Britain, middle class homes are smaller and increasingly open-plan, with fewer separated play rooms or nurseries. |
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| Accession number | B.95:1 to 8-2014 |
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| Record created | September 5, 2014 |
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