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pa href=”http://sites.google.com/site/itaylaniado/”Itay Laniado/a, whose emFamily Photos/em project we a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/memorializing_family_photos_through_furniture_14825.asp”blogged/a last year, has created a new series that utilizes tension, comprising of three projects: a walking stick, a ladder and a wallet./p

pThe walking stick is made from a broom handle that’s split partway down the middle and held in tension by an orange cord and a wooden strut. Simple enough, but also weird and ingenious./p

pHis wallet is equally direct: a routed block of hardwood provides a cavity for change and bills; a credit card is rubber banded over it to close it up./p

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Finally, the collapsible laddermdash;the series’ centerpiecemdash;is held together by a ratcheting strap clamp, which also forms two of the rungs. The ladder packs down compactly, with the legs tucking into the routed grooves that held them up./p

pIt looks a emlittle/em scary, but Laniado seems confident enough./p

pMuch more after the jump./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/in_tension_itay_laniados_ladder_walking_stick_and_wooden_wallet_16126.asp”(more…)/a
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