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We’re big fans of multifunctional furniture pieces like this double duty chair and this transforming desk, and now we can add Loop, a clever shape-shifting furniture Swiss Army knife, to the list.

Ellenberger has designed the Loop Table, a solid oak and entirely glue-free table. Tabletop's individual wooden planks are tensioned together by wire ropes, which makes the furniture fully circular.