a side table that floats
Tenseg appears to hover impossibly in the air--a furniture addition that commands attention.
defying the eye with physics
Tenseg gets its name from the structural phenomenon that keeps it stable--tensegrity.
an outer set of four cables pull the top and bottom platforms toward each other, while the cable in the center pulls them apart with an equal and opposite amount of force.
This allows the network to hold itself in tension and remain structurally sound.
elegance and strength
Prototype work at a smaller scale with flimsier materials indicates that Tenseg is deceptively stable and can hold up objects significantly heavier than itself.
