The Float height-adjustable table is one of the items that's OfficeIQ compatable. A battery-powered sensor within the desk communicates with the app via Bluetooth.

For those seeking to join the standing desk trend, there's the Float Adjustable Work Table ($2194) from Human Scale. Its counterbalance mechanism means you only need one hand to raise or lower the table from 27 to 47 inches in height.

Float candlesticks by Anderssen & Voll for Muuto (2013)

A worker operates the float-sink tank. Heavier, nonrecyclable materials sink to the bottom, leaving on the water's surface only rPET, which then becomes white rinse flake.

Float coffee table by Luca Nichetto for La Chance, 2012.

Here's another view of the Quereres table with the jewelry box seeming to float.

The firm achieved a floating effect of the upper floors by treating the ground floor with a glass facade.

Dylan, 10, and Zoe, 13, have a lazy float down the creek, Huck Finn–style, in a steel horse-watering tank.

The glass-enclosed master bedroom floats above the corrugated, oxidized steel exterior.

Seattle firm Wittman Estes designed this 1,300-square-foot cabin, which floats above a meadow on Whidbey Island.

Cedar slats help this Ontario lake house float soundly atop still waters. Photo by: Raimund Koch

All the new built-in cabinetry floats a few inches off the ground and below the ceiling, adding light and shadow, so as not to make the 715-square-foot apartment feel confining.

The living area floats atop a deeply recessed steel-reinforced concrete block structure. Tasmania, Australia Dwell Magazine : September / October 2017

The Bulthaup kitchen also features Calacatta quartzite countertops from Stone Fleury. A Float console table by Aleksandra Zee hangs along a wall opposite the bar stools.

A Cor-Ten steel "sleeping volume" seemingly floats atop a predominantly glass "living volume." Intersecting these two stacked volumes is a double-height, timber box which houses the multipurpose spaces.

A clerestory around the perimeter of the butterfly roof gives an illusion that the roof floats over the box of the treehouse.

“Many of Los Angeles’s iconic modern houses float above the city like tethered spaceships on stilts,” says Clive. “I had always yearned for the opportunity to design my own floating home.” Custom black zinc panels and sandblasted concrete form the exterior.

A minimal galley kitchen floats in the open plan.

The larch veranda has no railing, so it appears to float in the lush meadow.

The three-story Blue Lake Retreat is located in Marble Falls, Texas. The residence was designed by Lake Flato Architects to integrate naturally into the steep topography. With living spaces on the top floor and four bedrooms on the two lower floors, the timber structure is connected to the hillside by a bridge and boasts a cantilevered deck that floats just above the lake.

The home appears to float above the natural pool, adding an element of whimsy.

The modules “float” above the landscape to minimize site impact.

A mobile by Shigeki Fujishiro floats above a sideboard by Taku. The birdcage is by Keiichi Sumi.

Built on stilts, the dwelling appears to float gently on top of the landscape.

A Jeff Koons lobster joins a float by the artist KAWS in the pool.

“At night, the Smith House appears to float like a glass box in space.

Subtle features incorporated into the design, including an elevated terrace and jetty, help the home float above the island.

The stairs that connect the main level to the mezzanine appear to float weightlessly without any visible support.

The sculptural roof appears to float above the glass-walled living space on the ground floor.

Bluestone slabs float across the reflecting pond, which was inspired by Engels’s travels in Japan.

One of the home’s larch-clad volumes appears to float above the site.

Near the front door, charred oak treads float on a blackened steel stringer to the master suite and on to the roof.

The Steel House is tucked away behind a gate, and it appears to float above the foliage.

The pool’s infinity edge creates the illusion that the home floats above the San Fernando Valley.