"A story of gravity. What do all architects have in common? They have to deal with gravity. Falling is how things look." – Architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars -
While designing an item, structural consideration is thoroughly evaluated from all angles. When designing a floating bed a few ideas come to mind. Magic and magnetics, with magnets being the most probable in this time and age. The Floating Bed idea from the architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars appeared to him sometime in 2002. But what do you do with an idea like that? Like most, Ruijssenaars moved forward, and over the next few year's funding and design came together to support the project.
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By 2006 he had a real life model that he presented at 100% Design Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The Floating Bed overcomes conventional construction with magnets and four thin cables that keep the bed in place. Inspired by Stanley Kubrick's movie ?2001: A Space Odyssey ? this truly innovative invention has attracted designers and magnet lovers from all over. Drawing enough attention to be voted TIME Magazine's one of the 'Best Inventions'.
The Floating Bed is one of the world's first objects "that looks like it falls up instead of down". Absolutely no energy (unless you add lights to it) is used to keep?The Floating Bed's?elevated, just magnetic power. You may have seen the bed in the 2011 movie Arthur. It was used in one of their dramactic scenes that included a woman chasing Arthur under the bed and then getting stuck in the bed's magnetic pull, visit YouTube – Arthur to see this movie clip.?Watch the video below, from the designer, for a glimpse of The Floating Bed in action.
