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A wood Tense Intensity push-button on the wall of a dark navy dining room, a woman standing beside it

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Tense

Designed in BelgiumHandmade in Germany

Switches and displays for building control

Tense products are handcrafted in Germany, with switches, displays and frames in genuine metal, stone, wood and glass, and they run on the building's unified automation network.

Tense is a Belgian brand, more than a decade old, and designs its push-buttons and displays there. Each one is assembled by hand. Since June 2024 Tense has been part of the MDT Group.

Gloved hands inspecting a bronze-coloured Tense front at a workbench
Each front is assembled by hand
An aluminium four-button Tense Intensity on a light wall, a bright living space behind

Intensity

Each Intensity push-button is a handcrafted, unique piece, made from genuine materials. Every touch is confirmed by RGB feedback you configure for each button.

Buttons
1, 2, 4 or 8 · stone and wood 4
Size
84 × 84 mm · 8-fold 165 × 84 mm · stone and wood 90 × 90 mm
Surfaces
Metal, stone, wood, glass, Corian®

See Intensity on Tense's website

Options CustomisationWallpaper · Engraving

Customisation options

Two ways to make a Tense front your own: carry the wall's pattern across it, or mark it with names and symbols.

01 · 4-fold Intensity and Infinity

Add your wallpaper

The 4-fold Intensity and the 4-fold Infinity each have an Add wallpaper option, so the front can carry the pattern of the wall around it. Try a sample pattern or your own image.

A 4-fold Intensity front on a wall. The front sits flush, with no frame, and carries the same wallpaper as the wall around it.

Illustration only. Wallpaper up to 0.5 mm in the earlier catalogues; 4-fold Intensity and Infinity only. The front is drawn at 84 × 84 mm.

Choose a wallpaper

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Intensity
Add wallpaper · INT-WP4.02S
Infinity
Add wallpaper · KNX_INFWP4
Fits
4-fold only
Cut-out
Wallpaper, wood veneer, leather, cork or similar, up to 0.5 mm in the earlier catalogues
Sides
Can be painted to match the wall
Also
Add paint · INT-P4.02S · KNX_INFP4

Cut-out and side details follow the earlier Tense catalogues. The 2026 brochure lists both options with their article numbers and says trimless boxes give a unique effect in combination with your wallpaper.

A 4-fold Intensity front set flush into a gold swirl wallpaper.
The same front on a gold swirl wallpaper. Illustration only.

02 · Texts, logos and symbols

Engraving

Names, room functions or a logo, engraved, lasered or printed onto the front, depending on the material. Marked buttons help guests find their way. Try a layout on a 4-fold Intensity.

A 4-fold Tense Intensity front in brushed alu, with four LED points
Alu, brushed · Intensity 4-fold, 84 × 84 mm

Illustration only. The marks are drawn as a laser engraving would show them; final artwork is set in the TENSE Design Tool.

Finish · Alu, brushed

Choose a layout
Or set each button
Button 1
Button 2
Button 3
Button 4

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Methods
Engraving · Laser · Printing
Colour print
Any RAL colour, on aluminium only
Content
Texts, logos and symbols
Design tool
TENSE Design Tool for Intensity in metal: rows and columns per button, with text, symbols or your own image
Ordering
Through Morion, with the Design ID from the tool
Larger projects
Special requests possible

Open the TENSE Design Tool

Which method suits a front depends on its material. We confirm it with Tense for each project.

Intensity surfaces

Metal, stone and wood

A 4-fold Tense Intensity front in brushed alu (INT-A4.02S), with four LED points
Alu, brushed · Intensity 4-fold, 84 × 84 mm

01 · Intensity in metal

Metal

18 finishes · 15 shown here, one switch each

Solid metal fronts, finished by hand: brushed, forged or polished. Every colour below is a separate finish, from pale alu to alu black.

Buttons
1, 2, 4 or 8
Size
84 × 84 mm · 8-fold 165 × 84 mm
Also on
Velocity, Serenity, Infinity, Eyeswitch, Motivity Wall and the frames

Available on Intensity · Alu, brushed

Brushed

Forged

Ask us for the full set of 18.

A 4-fold Tense Intensity front in Carrara Bianco marble, with four LED dots
Carrara Bianco marble · Intensity 4-fold, 90 × 90 mm

02 · Intensity in stone

Stone

8 finishes in marble and limestone

Natural stone, cut and finished by hand, so the veining on every front is its own. Stone Intensity is a 4-fold push-button, slightly larger than the metal fronts.

Buttons
4
Size
90 × 90 mm
Also on
Motivity Wall (90 × 90 × 8 mm) and the 12 mm frames

Available on Intensity · Carrara Bianco

A 4-fold Tense Intensity front in white oak, with four LED dots
White oak · Intensity 4-fold, 90 × 90 mm

03 · Intensity in wood

Wood

8 finishes, from pale oak to padouk

Genuine wood with its own grain on every front, from light oaks to deep hardwoods. Wood Intensity is a 4-fold push-button, the same size as stone.

Buttons
4
Size
90 × 90 mm
Also on
The 12 mm frames

Available on Intensity · White oak

Finish images: tense.be and the Tense label configurator, © MDT technologies GmbH

Tense / 02 VelocityMechanical toggle pins

Velocity

Operated by slender mechanical pins that give the switch a distinctive architectural character. In the 2026 design each pin is ringed by an LED.

Pins
1, 2 or 4
Size
84 × 84 mm
Surfaces
Metal

Available finishes

  • Alu
  • Stainless steel
  • Gold
  • Copper rose
  • Bronze

The same metal finishes as Intensity. Photo shows Velocity in gold.

Four gold Tense Velocity plates on a rustic wooden table
A gold Tense Velocity plate on a dark wood wall in a hallway

See the Velocity data sheet on Tense's website

Tense / 03 SerenityMechanical push-buttons

Serenity

Buttons that appear to float in a soft, elegant glow.

Circular mechanical buttons with precise, tactile feedback. Indirect lighting beneath the buttons can be set to any colour.

Buttons
1, 2, 4 or 6
Light
Indirect RGBW LED
A black six-button Tense Serenity on a dark plaster wall

See the Serenity data sheet on Tense's website

Tense / 04 EternityTouch displays

A gold-framed Tense Eternity 8 display showing a door-camera call, a woman facing it

Eternity

A display framed in genuine metal that brings lighting, shading, climate and energy management into one interface, with door communication, IP cameras and remote access by app.

Sizes
8-inch now · 6 and 4-inch coming soon
Frames
Aluminium, black aluminium, gold, copper
Front view of a Tense Eternity 8 with a copper frame

See Eternity on Tense's website

Also from Tense

Four more lines, each shown with what it comes in.

A copper-rose Tense Intensity push-button on a white wall
An Intensity front in copper rose. The same finish is offered on Eyeswitch, Motivity Wall, Infinity and the frames
Motivity detectors: ceiling and line models in black and white, and two metal wall plates with a small lens

Motion and presence detectors

Motivity

Detectors that are hardly visible in the room, in three forms. Motivity Wall is available with all Tense metal finishes, so it matches the switches around it.

Ceiling
17 mm lens · suspended ceiling or skirting board
Ceiling range
Ø 7 m at 3 m height
Line
Sensor head 12 × 26 mm · corridors, stairwells, wardrobes
Line range
150° / 35° · 5 m
Wall
Metal plate 84 × 84 × 6 mm · stone 90 × 90 × 8 mm
Sensors
Ceiling and Line: temperature and brightness · Wall: temperature
Finishes
Ceiling and Line in black or white · Wall in 18 metal finishes, Corian®, glass or 8 stones

See the Motivity manual on Tense's website

A black Eyeswitch on a white wall: a tablet holder with an eight-button Intensity strip beside it

Tablet holder with push-buttons

Eyeswitch

The nest for your tablet on the wall. Use the display, the physical buttons, or both. It looks clean with or without a tablet in it.

Buttons
Intensity 8-fold push-button built in
Size
182 × 320 × 14 mm
Charging
Included
Tablets
Compatible models are listed in the Tense download area
Finishes
18 metal finishes

See the Eyeswitch data sheet on Tense's website

Three Infinity room controllers, each with a small display: a grey and a cream four-fold and a gold eight-fold

Room controller

Infinity

A room controller with a clear display and real material surfaces, made for small to medium-sized rooms. Everything is read and set on the controller itself.

Formats
4-fold and 8-fold
Size
84 × 84 × 9 mm (metal, Corian®; glass 90 × 90 mm) · 8-fold 165 × 84 × 9 mm
Metal
18 finishes, 4-fold and 8-fold
Corian®
White or black, 4-fold and 8-fold
Glass
White or black, 4-fold
Special
Add wallpaper or Add paint, 4-fold · see the preview

See the Infinity data sheet on Tense's website

Three double frames, a 12 mm square in brushed metal, a 6 mm square in white and a 6 mm round in steel, with two socket inserts

Frames, sockets and trimless boxes

Frames & accessories

Frames for sockets and data outlets, made of the same materials as the Tense switches.

Frames
12 mm square · 6 mm square · 6 mm round
Size
Metal, Corian®: one-gang 84 × 84 mm · two-gang 155 × 84 mm · three-gang 226 × 84 mm. Stone and wood frames are 90 mm high
Surfaces
12 mm frame in metal, Corian®, glass, stone and wood · 6 mm frames in metal
Inserts
55 × 55 mm in the 12 mm frame · 45 × 45 mm in the 6 mm frames
Sockets
Schuko, France and Euro USA in glossy white or matt black · square frames also take Italy, hinged-lid Schuko, radio/TV/satellite and RJ45
Other makers
Inserts from Gira, Jung and Berker (55 × 55 mm) and Legrand, Peha and Hager (45 × 45 mm), among others
Trimless
Flush-mounted bracket for switches and frames · masonry or plasterboard · can be plastered and painted

Images and specifications: The Tense Collection brochure, © MDT technologies GmbH 2026. Detection ranges follow Tense's Novelties catalogue.

Gloved hands inspecting a bronze-coloured Tense front at a workbench

Quick answers

Who makes Tense, and where?

Tense is designed in Belgium and handmade in Germany. The company behind it is MDT technologies GmbH, and Tense has been part of the MDT Group since June 2024.

What does the Tense range cover?

Eternity touch displays, Intensity touch push-buttons, Serenity and Velocity mechanical switches, Infinity room controllers, Eyeswitch tablet holders and Motivity motion and presence detectors. Frames, sockets and trimless installation boxes complete the range.

Which materials and finishes are available?

Intensity comes in metal, stone, wood, glass and Corian®. There are 18 metal finishes, 8 stones and 8 woods, and glass and Corian® come in white and black. Serenity and Velocity use the same metal finishes. Names, logos and symbols can be engraved, lasered or printed, depending on the material.

How does the wallpaper option work?

The 4-fold Intensity and the 4-fold Infinity each have an Add wallpaper option. The earlier Tense catalogues describe a cut-out in the front that takes wallpaper up to 0.5 mm thick, with the sides painted to match the wall. Add paint is the option next to it. Try the preview on this page.

Can names or symbols be engraved?

Yes. Texts, logos and symbols can be engraved, lasered or printed onto the front, depending on the material, and aluminium can also be printed in a RAL colour. Intensity in metal can be laid out button by button in the TENSE Design Tool, and the finished design is ordered through Morion with its Design ID. Try the preview on this page.

Which Tense products are available now, and which are coming soon?

Tense lists Eternity 8 as available now. Eternity 6 and Eternity 4 are marked coming soon on tense.be. Every other line on this page is listed with article numbers in Tense's 2026 collection brochure. To check any product for a project, see the last question below.

How do I enquire in India?

Morion Automation is the authorised distributor in India. Use Book a consultation, or write to info@morion.in.

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