To provide motorized vehicles on the cheap in the years directly after World War II, Italian aircraft designer Corradino D'Ascanio (he also invented the Vespa) created the Piaggio Ape, a three-wheeled auto with a flat-bed structure built on top of the rear axle. Well, it took 65 years and a housing crisis, but somebody has finally figured out how to make the Piaggio Ape into a bona-fide dwelling. For his bachelor's thesis in Industrial Design, German designer Cornelius Comanns dreamed up this sleek, one-man camper, complete with a bed, overhead storage, water tank, washbin, and closet space—well, sort-of closet space. Yes, bathrooms and food prep are bound to be mildly problematic, but hey, at least you don't have to power this locomotive dwelling yourself, which is more than what other mobile homes can say.
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