Nomadic Furniture

Yesturday, in an avalanche of rain, I went to the library to return a few books and do a little research. While there I found the book Nomadic Furniture 2 by James Hennessey and Victor Papanek. It's from 1974 and the pages remind me a bit of a coloring book, with hand written text. I took the book out because it has some very basic ideas that might be useful in getting started...and also because it made me laugh. I included a picture of the introduction page, because it has some interesting information on how many times people relocate from the time. I wonder what the startistics are now, I've heard that the average person moves 11 times in their lifetime. If you start counting things like moving to different locations in the same city though it really could be quite high. Maybe I'll look into that more. Anyways, on page 103 they have "Mattress Roll-ups and Fold-ups" which has very basic illustrations of a rolled up piece of foam, and another of 3 pieces of foam, covered in canvas and sewn to create hinges. It's all pretty basic but reminds me of the fold-ups we used to have as kids and would make forts out of. This might be something I could use in a new and improved way, we'll see.