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Concept for Furniture System Relying on Floor-to-Ceiling Tension

By industrial designer Alexandre Picciotto

By Rain Noe - June 27, 2022

in Furniture Design

Here's some outside-of-the-box thinking from French industrial designer Alexandre Picciotto:

"Unit is modular furniture that uses pressures against the floor and ceiling. It allows you to build a desk or shelves without tools and permanent [installation]."

This reminds me of the anti-earthquake furniture tensioners you see in Japanese homes:

I wonder if Picciotto's concept would be attractive in seismic markets.

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Alan Nomoto

3 years ago

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I realize the support is not new, but it isn't the most common either. I like the overall aesthetics but the pads look a bit dated with its round form. A minimalist, thin, rectangular form to hide the pad would give it a Deiter Rams look.

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Stewie Griffin

3 years ago

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This is not at all new. We had some bookshelves using this technique in my Manhattan apartment in the 80s. Googling "tension pole shelves" returns lots of examples.

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Ben Engel

3 years ago

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https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/elvarli-post-white-40296170/

Ikea has had this for years.

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