BLOOMBERG: Floating Tables, Robot Chandeliers Test Ikea Norms

 

How do you mass produce furniture so unique, it's considered artwork? Jessica Banks, founder of RockPaperRobot, makes tables that bounce, or slide down walls, and chandeliers that move by themselves. Now she wants every major hotel brand and restaurant to feature her robotic furnishings, but first she has to figure out how to scale up production, while maintaining creative control.