The Sphere’s Enigma Table is exactly that in more ways than one.

Brought to our attention courtesy of Space Age Gallery, Enigma is a multi-faceted, stainless steel concept that ostensibly converts from an impenetrable ball of chrome into accommodating seating for four. The visionary piece fans futuristic flames for fans of everyone from Stanley Kubrick to Superman.

Enigma’s hypnotic appeal is a given, yet its origins and actuality remain unanswered, because our attempts to pin down its locus of creation have proven fruitless: is this mere AI wizardry or does it actually exist?

Looks pretty real to me (is the photographer’s reflection irrefutable proof?), but perhaps Enigma prefers to remain just so. If you happen to know whereof or whence, why not let us in on the secret?

Fans of pod-like prestidigitation should re-visit the timeless Globus Office Pod.