fabric that moulds around an aluminium struc-
ture and thus eliminates the need for screws.
But why did they propose a model
of permanent itinerant ownership, when the
market – including the king of flat-packs,
Ikea – is moving towards a furniture rental
system? Tension, they explain, brings us back
to humanity’s first construction systems:
stretching animal skins on bone frames to
create shelters. In that same vein, even in
the age of the sharing economy, they seesomething primal in the idea of owning the
things that make one’s house a home. ‘As
product designers, we believe that we carry
the attachment to things in an almost tribal
way,’ says Panterotto. ‘The sharing dynamic
is the future of everything, but then again,
a piece of furniture is like a nice piece of art:
it’s something you want to carry with you and
eventually pass on to your relatives, to keep
a legacy of how you grew up.’ – RM
pantertourron.comThe pieces comprising the Tense
collection can be assembled and
disassembled with no additional tools.
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