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You Really Need To See This Accordion-Style Backpack Tent

You Really Need To See This Accordion-Style Backpack Tent

Ah, tents. Our fickle friends. They seem to be a whole mess of poles and pegs and billowing tarps, so it seems about time we found something that took away all the stress and made setting up a tent just as easy as rolling out a sleeping bag. Actually, we found just the thing.

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The Melina backpack is a little odd, we’ll give you that, but it’s pretty ingenious at the same time. Created as part of a student project by Israeli architecture student David Shatz, Melina functions as a fold out tent – kinda like an accordion.

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Sleeping one, the tent unfolds in one swift motion and can be transported comfortably using the attachable backpack straps. There’s also space in there for your belongings.

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When designing the Melina, Shatz wanted the wearer to feel safe and confident when sleeping in public. Melina’s canvas door can be shut for safety and privacy during outdoor naps.

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(h/t Design Boom, images: Yael Sloma and Oded Antman)

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