Suspended net

Visitors can clamber inside a stretchy web of netting installed by Numen/For Use at Belgian gallery Z33 this summer. The designers from Croatia and Austria suspended large nets from the walls and ceiling to creating a shifting landscape that's distorted as people move around inside. Numen/For Use are best known for their Tape Installations, which use

Image 3 of 19 from gallery of Architecture That Uses Meshes and Nets for Escape, Play and Rest. © Eiji Tomita

Here are 10 examples of suspended nets in both homes and offices that make living and working more comfortable and much more interesting.

As if a floor-to-ceiling wall of books isn’t enough to coax a wistful sigh from any bibliophile, this renovated 1950s home in Madrid tacks on a cozy, elevated hammock as a reading nook, accessible via library ladder. Spanish design firm Eque y Seta wanted to freshen up the formerly dated home ...

This week's Pinterest roundup focuses on playful ways to relax at home, and features a Mexican guesthouse with hammocks instead of beds

Visitors to an Austrian museum transcend the exhibition space on a steep black staircase constructed from layers of net, by Numen/For Use.

While you’ve been spending a lot more time at home over the past few months because of the Covid pandemic, you may have come to realize that your interior could be better suited to your family life.