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Using Gravity and Tension to Create an Unlikely Object

How long until someone attempts to integrate this into a quirky furniture design?

By Rain Noe - November 11, 2019

in Object Culture

Came across this (uncredited) video demonstrating how gravity and tension can be wielded to create an unlikely object:

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This reminded me a bit of designer Robby Cuthbert's tensegrity-based furniture designs. Which in turn made me wonder: How long until a design student attempts to integrate this trick into a furniture design project?

By the bye, here are the best (untrue) comments from this Reddit thread explaining the phenomenon:

- "The camera is upside down"

- "It's in Australia"

- "Magnets, bitch"

- "The fucking strings are haunted"

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