‘The future had suddenly become visible.’ Visible and condensed in a chair that follows El Lissitzky’s vision of ‘floating and swinging’ and manages without four legs: the cantilever chair. A piece of furniture on whose curved frame those seeking rest can almost fly. Fifty years ago, Tecta, in collaboration with Mart Stam, Marcel Breuer and Jean Prouvé, started to further develop this backless design. Today, the Tecta cantilever chair is a classic, an icon and a trademark.