An Amazing Chair That Uses Floating Structural Compression to Hold a Person’s Seated Weight
by Lori Dorn from Laughing Squid on (#58R4W)
A woodworker from The Q (previously) shows how to build a chair that employs tensegrity structure principles to support the weight of a seated human. The floating structural compression allows both the wood and rope to act as if they have the same structural composition and rigidity. And it looks really cool.
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