NOTE: New MHB # registration form is coming
soon. Please check back or email me your name, location, MHB#, and
comments to be posted on this page! Thank you for your purchase & enjoy!
It all started when I saw this old fashioned cigarette machine that sold
art at the Frost art museum here in Miami. I was excited! So I researched
the company and got an idea...
The modern house in a box idea came from a story I was told about how the
game Monopoly was created. You see, it was the depression and people were
broke. The creator made it to teach his kids how business worked and to
give them a sense of how it feels to have money. Today the idea of hiring
an architect and building your own house that is like no other is a
novelty that few can enjoy. I loved that Art-o-mat pieces are limited to 5
dollars. I make 2.50 of each one of 50 I made for the machines and I have
sold another 30 privately for 20 each. The materials cost on average about
3 dollars or so, and the labor if it was for architecture would be about
400 dollars a model, where as a sweat shop would be about 9 cents or so.
They take about 20 min. to make the contents of each one (house,
landscape, trees, roads, sidewalks, etc.) The boxes themselves were
another story cause I was cutting the 1/8” plexi with a band saw, sanding
them by hand and welding the walls together. Now I have access to a laser
cutter and all I need to do is weld (saves about 20 hours of labor per
100!!!) I want people to have the joy, even if it is only make belief, of
having a conceptually designed house that they can call their own!
2008
Here are some pictures from Modern House in a box
with designs by myself as well as Carlos Abad [eco_tem]
Modern House in box (on wall)
*20% went to eco_tem sustainable
bio-diesel for Miami-Dade County
(1' cube on triangle base)
2007
I
am so excited about the response to the Modern House In A Box project!
So far...
Thanks to
Clark of Artists in Cellophane for putting up the photos of the
opening party at The Chambers which seems to be a really cool hotel.
I've never been.
Below are photos from phase one.
(phase two and winter house in a box will
be up soon!)
HOB number 2
ZEN HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 3
N HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 4
FIGURE 8 HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 5
FLIP HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 6
SIMPLE HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 7
M HOUSE
GIVEN
This house was a mother's day gift.
Owner: Shirley Lee King, Miami, Florida
Realtor: Christian Andrew
HOB number 8
ARCTIC HIDEAWAY HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 9
SAMURAI HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 10
T TOP HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 11
PEEKING DOMINO HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 12
HIDDEN HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 13
ANGLE BEACH HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 14
ZIG ZAG HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 15
EAGLE HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 16
HILL HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 17
X HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 18
STINGRAY HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 19
POINT HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 20
FLIP HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 21
GREEN STACK HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 22
ORIGAMI HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Art-o-Mat
HOB number 23 | MIT HOUSE
Hi, my
name is Cary Stratton from Memphis, TN, USA. I received my Modern
House In a Box from Art-O-Mat when I purchased an Art-O-Carton.
Realtor: Art-o-mat
HOB number 41
HANG BOX HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Janet Tanguay
HOB number 42
JUNGLE SKY HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Janet Tanguay
HOB number 43
CRASHING WAVE HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Janet Tanguay
HOB number 44
ICE POMP HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Janet Tanguay
HOB number 45
BEAN HOUSE HOUSE
SOLD
Realtor: Janet Tanguay
HOB number 46 | WIND HOUSE
Hi, Christian. Janet Tanguay gave me
house #46 to register with you and I was not sure what this was
about. We met at a networking event and she was very kind to send
this cool piece of art to me. So I followed the directions on the
back. You have a very interesting mind, by the way. I am a
photographer in the capital region. If you get a chance, check me
out at:
www.joanheffler.com.
Thanks, Joan
