Cape Town designers Animal Farm have produced an “organic lounger” made from woven branches that hangs in a tree and is reached by a rope ladder.
The structure, based on a weaver bird’s next, consists of a welded steel frame covered in woven branches.
Suspended three metres above the ground, the nest can hold two adults and a small child.
The designer, Porky Hefer, is currently producing a second, larger nest which can carry four adults.
See our earlier story about Lite by Animal Farm.
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Posted by Rachel Blunstone
July 1st, 2009 at 11:37 am
Great, but it looks a bit too much like a skull…. weird.
July 1st, 2009 at 12:28 pm
i can imagine this being one of the most tranquil places to sit in the entire world
thumbs up
July 1st, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Fuck thats cool.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:12 pm
i can picture a group of these working really well in a game reserve… near a waterhole….
July 1st, 2009 at 1:51 pm
looks abit like a lego helmet to me…
July 1st, 2009 at 2:56 pm
in regards to the reader’s reponses….when will ‘acceptance by association’ die?
July 1st, 2009 at 2:57 pm
rocks!
July 1st, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I would love to lounge in this thing. And for some reason it reminds me of a gas mask.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:03 am
Love the idea. The experience of sitting in this must be amazingly reflective. The shape could use some work; looks like a motorcycle helmet.
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:56 pm
the metal frame is a little disappointing…
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Amit… just to remind you… this thing is holding up more that a sparrow and it’s 4 babies!
Think it is a beautiful object myself, even if others think it a shame that it isn’t more than that and go all the way to not include a frame and defy the laws of gravity!
Well done.