Description
More like a silhouette than a solid block, the Rope Chair is a line drawing translated into three dimensions, a simple artistic gesture rendered in space. Designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, the chair is a synthesis of contrasts: sophisticated engineering and creative expression, solid structure and flexible elements, stiff tubes and pliable rope.
Made for marine use, the rope is at the heart of the chair’s unexpected comfort; a weight-bearing part of the construction, it allows the chair to adapt to those who use it. Where other chairs dictate a specific way of sitting, the Rope Chair invites creativity in posture, encouraging dynamic movement and changes in position. When the sitter rises, the chair’s frame bears the traces of the body it last supported, the imprint of a user who co-defines its shape.
Details
Frame and back versions: Solid Beech / Solid Ash / Solid Oak
Seat core: Beech Plywood
Seat surface versions: Beech Veneer / Ash Veneer / Oak Veneer
Stackable: Up to seven chairs
Made in Italy
Dimension:
W460 x H780 x D470 mm
Designer
TAF Studio, 2018
TAF is a Stockholm based design and architecture studio founded by Gabriella Lenke and Mattias Ståhlbom. Creating products of extraordinary quality with a focus on the everyday, TAF Studio is preoccupied by context and origin, using materials and construction techniques in new and innovative ways to create designs both playful and thought provoking.
Since its foundation in 2002, TAF Studio has achieved international acclaim. The studio has been exhibited at MoMA in New York and its designs are now part of the permanent collections of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and the Danish Design Museum in Copenhagen. Following a commission by the Nationalmuseum, in 2018 TAF Studio and Artek launch their first collaboration.
