Gallery: This Three-Story Cube Made of Ropes Is a Jungle Gym for Daredevils

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    Numen/For Use built a 30-foot inflatable structure filled with ropes.
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    The structure from the outside.
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    Each rope is pulled taut and secured to the walls to give people enough support to climb on them.
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    The idea for the Rope Prototype actually came from these advertising cubes.
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    Inside the advertising cube, ropes stretch from side to help keep the cube's shape. Those are the guys from Numen/For Use laying on top of the ropes.
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    The cube looks infinite with its edges blurred by a halo-like glow, which is a result of diffused light coming through the translucent plastic.
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    A deflated cube.
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    This rope is the only thing holding you up.
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    The studio plans to continue experimenting with the Rope Prototype.
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