Tom Cecil is an innovative furniture designer based in the UK. He started out as a mechanical engineer, but soon turned to furniture and product design that incorporates his past experience exploring “how and why things work.” Stretched Table A very thin sheet of steel is stretched across a steel frame to create a table. Supported only at the ends, the ratchet strap moves the base of legs together, the frame acting as lever, pulls the top tight with 30 ton of force. Auxetic Table A table made from sixteen hollow parts that are hand stitched together to create 24 articulated joints. The table can be opened and closed by either pushing, pulling or rotating a single part

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Tom Cecil