Wire Tensegrity – Daisuke Motogi | Interviews

This collection was based on an idea first explored on a table I designed for the venue of "Experimental Creations," an exhibition focusing on materials experimentation and creation at the newly completed TIERS GALLERY.

Because of the availability of wires that could be sourced at a modest cost, I came up with the idea of utilizing a wire tensegrity structure to hold the tabletop in place while using inexpensive mass-produced materials to replace some of the legs. The material ultimately chosen for this project was a plastic broomstick, considered cheap and unattractive.

In the same way that there is no such thing as an ugly color, there is no such thing as an ugly material. What matters is the way we apply and arrange them. If we can "reframe" something that used to be unattractive into something appealing, we may be able to make the world a little better without having to manufacture something new from scratch.
As for the low table we created next, we decided to alter only one of the legs with unconventional material. In doing so, I used driftwood and dry branches because their incalculable organic shapes struck me as interesting. The overall form of the piece was determined according to the mechanics and materials I utilized. The transformed material was positioned by the wires, forming tetrahedron-like shapes. The material appears to float due to tensegrity characteristics.