Levitas Design was created in 2013 by Scottish entrepreneur Craig Phillips to explore the development and design of floating furniture, specifically beds. Craig’s love of magic and fascination with magicians and illusionists such as Houdini and David Copperfield motivated him to join the magic circle at the young age of 12. This would turn out to be his inspiration 35 years later whilst recovering in bed having had three discs removed from his spine. In a desperate attempt to reduce the pain of ‘climbing’ out of bed, Craig placed his bed on stilts, despite the eyesore, the extra height transformed the ease with which he could get in and out of bed. Several months later Craig decided to see if he could remove the stilts from under his bed by replacing them with hidden cantilever supports, a method used by many illusionists and one that was very familiar to Craig.