Rope Chair

Overview

Rope Chair is Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec's 2020 armchair for Artek. A steel-tube frame is joined by flexible rope that supports the back and arms.

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Construction

The seat is form-pressed beech plywood with an ash-veneer surface. The rope is flax or polyester, depending on the version. The page lists two coordinated material versions.

Specifications

• Drawing values, not labelled with axes: 51, 48.5, 44, 43.5, 66.5, 45.5 and 80 cm
• Made in Germany

A line in space

Artek describes Rope Chair as a line drawing translated into three dimensions. Rigid steel tubes establish the outline, while the rope introduces movement and changes under load.

The sitter completes the shape

The marine-use rope is a weight-bearing part of the construction. Artek says it adapts to the person sitting and retains a trace of the supported body after the sitter rises.