Series of unique staircases designed by Sabina Lang & Daniel Baumann.
Creative extreme stairs were installed in cool and dangerous locations.
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Extreme Staircase Designs
September 22nd, 2010 | Inspiration |
Juan Rubio
Very Cool! Albeit dangerous, but interesting stair designs nonetheless. These designs definitely force you to slow down and take each step carefully, something that contrasts nicely with today’s fast paced world.
Sep 22nd, 2010
Chedie
I could almost imagine America’s Next Top Model taking on the challenge of having a ramp show here! XD
Sep 22nd, 2010
Julie
These make me scared just looking at them!
Also, I like Juan Rubio’s comments.
Sep 22nd, 2010
Bajo
Useless…
Sep 22nd, 2010
enav
extreme stupid and dangerous
Sep 23rd, 2010
Daniel
This will never work in Germany, except as non-funktional art or when it is only seen as a picture without the ability to walk on!
Sep 23rd, 2010
Doink
This kind of stairs might work indoors and for low heights. For the last design for example, the stairs are too high and the wind would simply knock you down. I believe that those are just for show-off, completely non-functional.
The law forces the architect to build safe indoor access to all floor levels, so yes, I do believe that some are just to make people go “what the…”
Sep 23rd, 2010
alexlim
looking at these gives me goosebumps….
very interesting
Sep 23rd, 2010
Erin
Fake.
Sep 23rd, 2010
Mapache
@Erin: Is not “fake”. Call it ‘concept’.
Lacks of fuctionality and ppopouse. And as a piece of art, i’ts hardly undesrtandable. …I guess this is in the limbo betwen desing and expression.
Sep 23rd, 2010
James Anzalone
I’m shocked how many people are commenting on the functionality of these stairs..
..Isn’t it obvious that traditional functionality is not important here..
Thank god we have people at home on their computers to let us all know how horribly designed and dangerous these stairs will be.. useless! Lets just throw them out. What sort of idiot would want stairs like this in their home?
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Sep 23rd, 2010
André Schrei
This is art, I don’t care if it’s “fake” as erin said… if this is real I believe it’s freaking awesome… Juan Rubio is soooo right
Sep 23rd, 2010
enkay
They could have done a better job at the photoshop in these. The concepts themselves are not clever but sensational for the sake of being sensational. Tiresome
Sep 23rd, 2010
Alex
wow
Sep 23rd, 2010
aaronzo
mmmm, I guess you can propose any surrealistic concept thru photoshop, it’s like writing a very short story
in pictures.
when it blurs the line between fact and fiction interesting things can happen
Sep 23rd, 2010
tdatx
Please look at the references. These are art installations.
Sep 23rd, 2010
JHO
Come on people, these are real! Just really bad planning.
Sep 23rd, 2010
Chad
If these were real they would be extremely dangerous and not pass codes in the US. However, as a concept they do tend to remind me of a certain fear of heights when railings aren’t present.
Sep 23rd, 2010
Atavar
The difference between a beautifully designed object and a piece of art is that design always serves a function. The stairs that go out one window and in another barely a foot apart? Art.
That said, they really are cool.
Sep 24th, 2010
Kolin
excellent, ‘stairs’ that keep you on the same floor.
innovative.
*yawn*
Sep 24th, 2010
Anna
i had one of these in a bad dream before
Sep 24th, 2010
Raads
LOL @ Kolin! they should be named like Extremeley pointless stairs… although i do have interest in some of them, the others are just plain stupid (referring to what Kolin said)
Sep 25th, 2010
Julie
wow i wudnt want to fall down those stairs.
Sep 26th, 2010
Benjamin Christine
Really great! especially the one through the window and in again!
Sep 28th, 2010
sarah
They’re like Mario levels. I love them. Genius art concepts. If I had the bucks, I’d build something like this. Amazing.
Sep 28th, 2010
he
Stupid, Dangerous, useless…
Man that’d be so cool to have though lol. You could have some room that you have to walk outside on the stair like that to get too. :D
Sep 28th, 2010
nicole
its not stupid. its art.
and art isn’t for all.
some people just can’t appreciate ideas like these.
not everything in this world has to be useful.
call it stupid if its trying to make sense.
but its not even trying.
it simply boggles the sensible mind.
Oct 7th, 2010
ChEeSe
I THINK Its AWESOME!! but in some of those it would be scary if ur afraid of heights!!
Oct 17th, 2010
Louie
reminds me a lil of Tsutomu Nihei’s stairs XS
Oct 27th, 2010
Georgia
It is very cool but, it is dangerous!
Jan 6th, 2011