Rock Paper Robot

Coffee table in black walnut

Coffee table detail in black walnut

Coffee table in black walnut

Featured in Wired Magazine's holiday wish list and AHAlife's 100 most coveted gifts of the season. The tables are acclaimed for their capricious, yet sturdy disposition.

The table elastically deforms and stabilizes when force is applied. Watch it at https://vimeo.com/51625557

The Float Table is a matrix of "magnitized" wooden cubes that levitate with respect to one another. The repelling cubes are held in equilibrium by a system of tensile steel cables.

It's classical physics applied to modern design. Each handcrafted table is precisely tuned to seem rigid and stable, yet a touch reveals the secret to Float's dynamic character.

The Brag Collection of tables and benches are characterized by cut and color. Coming soon...

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About

RPR is an engineering boutique specializing in the innovation and fabrication of high-end kinetic furniture and lighting.

As designers and engineers we fuse art and technology to create beautifully reactive objects with novel actuation schemes-from passive e.g., levitating and expandable
tables, melting chandeliers, etc. to fully robotic e.g., mechanized,
computer-controlled chandeliers
and storage systems .

We relish in defying expectations through artful execution with a staunch allegiance to utility,(apparent) simplicity and technical excellence. We also work with clients to customize aesthetic yet functional products that enhance the versatility of residential/commercial spaces and celebrate the expression of unabashed style.

Press

The New York Times

Amid Navy Yard's Ruins, Space for a Comeback in Manufacturing

New York Ideas 2013, The Atlantic

How Creatives are Adopting the Capability of 3-D Printing

AOL Originals

Funded Sizzle Reel with Baratunde Thurston

Jessica Banks, Co-Founder

Jessica Banks is a roboticist, product designer, and interactive artist. She holds a Computer Science and Electrical Engineer's degree and a Master's in robotics from MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab as well as a B.S. in General Physics from the University of Michigan. A fellowship at Eyebeam Art & Technology brought her back to New York to become an entrepreneur.

Jessica has experience in the entertainment industry as personal assistant and collaborator to Senator Al Franken and was featured on an engineering based reality TV show (BBC/TLC). She has worked with Frank Gehry designing a robotic, environmental platform and spoken and shown art work conferences, panels, and shows internationally.

Jessica's multi-disciplinary background has established her as a creative and technical resource for multiple ad agencies, from campaign brainstorms to development of global initiatives for international corporations like GE Healthcare.

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Mihae Mukaida, Co-Founder

An alumni from Parsons The New School of Design, Mihae has a diverse background in design, documentary film, and advertising. She’s produced films that have premiered at international film festivals including Hotdocs, North America’s largest documentary film festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival.

Her work with TED, AT&T, Kiehl’s, and Bluefly helped earn Sub Rosa silver for AdAge’s Small Agency of the Year Award. Part internet scavenger, her work melds together digital and analog mediums in ways unexpected and yet appropriately paired.

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Contact

inquire@rockpaperrobot.com

63 Flushing Avenue, Unit 262
Brooklyn, NY 11205

347.762.6848