This Magical Shape-Shifting Furniture Makes Space In Tiny Apartments

Imagine making your bed disappear at the push of a button.

That’s what Ori , a robotic furniture system  designed for tiny apartments , would allow you to do. It’s a single plywood unit that can act as a bed, home office, closet and storage space , and it changes configurations on command.

The furniture itself is simplistic in style, but it looks like a major space saver. For example, you can press Ori’s button to retract your bed (which comes in two sizes , full and queen), move the unit and turn your small home into one big living space for the day:

You can also command Ori via an app  and make it do important tasks like deliver your wine:

Ori the brainchild of MIT professor Kent Larson, graduate student Hasier Larrea and designer Yves Béhar has been in development since 2015 . Last week, the product became available for real estate developers to pre-order for their apartment buildings at a starting price of $10,000 a unit.

Right now, apartment renters  can’t buy Ori for themselves, but the system will soon appear in units whose rents are around $3,000 per month in cities including New York, San Francisco and Chicago , TechCrunch reports. 

It’s a pretty penny, but it just might beat assembling Ikea furniture .