This isn't your grandparent's Airstream trailer though - this is a modern take on the American icon in the travel industry. 

Six graduate students from WSU Spokane's Interdisciplinary Design Institute are in the midst of an eight-week renovation of a 1958 Airstream Overlander trailer in hopes of, "transform[ing] the interior into livable space all while exploring the sustainability issues of todays society and challenging the current image of the travel trailer industry."

"It's a great opportunity for the students to explore global scale issues of sustainability and mobile lifestyles through a design / build project that focuses on product design, materials, and manufacturing at a scale much smaller than typically addressed in architecture and interior design," said clinical assistant professor, Todd Beyreuther in a recent press release.

But that's not all!  According to the release, "when all is done, this newly polished and designed trailer will hit the road for various events throughout the fall semester. At the end of its journey with the design students, it will be sold, and you could be the one to add more traveling adventures and stories to its collection. If you are interested, be sure to follow along on Facebook, Twitter , Flickr, and the WSU Airstream Blog to find out how you can have a chance to be the next owner. (Tour dates will be announced at a later date.)

In case you missed it, the Spokesman ran a story on this earlier this month.

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