- Airstream has teamed up with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to create a limited edition trailer.
- The 28-ft Usonian trailer takes inspiration from Wright’s 1930s Taliesin West home in Scottsdale, AZ.
- Two bench seats convert to a king-sized bed that faces out of an opening hatch at the trailer’s rear.
Few things say “classic American design” quite like a shiny Airstream trailer gliding down a two-lane highway. The Airstream ranks right up there with the Coke bottle as an icon of 20th-century Americana. Nearly 90 years after the first gleaming silver trailer rolled out, the Airstream company has partnered with another legend of American design to create a special run of limited-edition caravans.
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Frank Lloyd Wright may have passed away in 1959, but his ideas about design, specifically how buildings should exist in harmony with their surroundings, still shape the way we think about architecture today. Decades later, his legacy continues to influence a wide range of creative industries, and that now includes high-end camping trailers.
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Airstream’s founder Wally Byam, who passed away three years later, pioneered the travel trailer, giving people the means to explore the American outdoors, making the Lloyd Wright Foundation and the modern Airstream company a solid fit for a collab – and a cooler-sounding one than 2021’s Pottery Barn Airstream.
Inspired by Taliesin West
Lloyd Wright’s best known works include Fallingwater in Pennsylvania and New York’s Guggenheim museum, but it’s his own personal summer residence and studio, Taliesin West, built in Scottsdale, AZ, in the late 1930s, that provides the major inspiration for the Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian Limited Edition Travel Trailer.
An opening rear hatch is not a new feature on an Airstream trailer, but what’s new is that the primary sleeping area is moved to the back meaning you can lie in bed with the hatch open to take in the scenery – and grab that perfect #trailerlife Instagram shot. The king-sized bed folds away when not needed, transforming into a pair of bench seats, or twin beds if you don’t want to get cozy with your fellow camper.
At the other end of the trailer, the front living space comprises a dining table and separate desk that fold into a wall cabinet, creating room for a pull-out sofa that doubles as a secondary sleeping area. And the whole interior should feel lighter than the average Airstream because of the extra windows – including two portholes in recognition of Lloyd Wright’s love for the shape.
Luxury Design Comes at a Price
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Though the special limited edition trailers are slightly more attainable than the multi-million-dollar homes Lloyd Wright designed, like any Airstream product they don’t come cheap. One of the 200 build slots will set you back $184,900. For that, you get a piece of rolling architecture that pays tribute to two titans of American design, and possibly a few jealous looks from the rest of the campground.
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