Artek Rope Chair
ROPE CHAIR
ROPE CHAIR
Designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
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, encoxuraging 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.
DESIGNERS
RONAN & ERWAN BOUROULLEC
Versatile designers of the poetic
Paris-based brothers Ronan (born 1971) and Erwan (born 1976) Bouroullec form one of the most exciting design teams working today and have collaborated with numerous leading companies in the design field.
Their oeuvre ranges from furniture and product design, textile wall systems and comprehensive collections to large-scale installations, architecture, and experimental projects.
Sketching, model-making, and photography are the three main tools used by the Bouroullec brothers in their often time-consuming design process. Both brothers are constantly drawing, filling the pages of sketchbooks. In their notebooks, their fears, doubts, and sense of humour take shape in fantastical creatures, details from nature, and pages and pages filled with abstract forms.
Their award-winning work forms part of the permanent collections of museums such as the Musée National d’Art Moderne, the Centre Pompidou, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the MoMA in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Design Museum in London.
INFORMATION
ROPE
Flax or Polyester
VERSIONS
Two Versions
FRAME
Steel Tube
PRODUCTION
Made in Germany
PRODUCT TYPE
Chair
MATERIAL
Steel
DESIGNERS
- Ronan
- Erwan Bouroullec
SEAT
Form-pressed beech plywood
LINE
A line drawing translated into three dimensions
COATING
- Black Powder Coating
- Light Grey Powder Coating
BRAND
Artek
SEAT SURFACE
Ash Veneer
BACK AND ARMRESTS
- Polyester rope and black
- Flax rope and natural
VARIANTS
- Black Lacquer
- Light Grey Lacquer
DIMENSIONS
- Total Height : 80 cm
- Seat Height : 45.5 cm
- Leg Height : 66.5 m
- Arm Height : 44 cm, 43.5 cm
- Backrest Width : 51 cm, 48.5 cm
3D CAD FILE DOWNLOADS
↓ Rope Chair_3D_skp
↓ Rope Chair_3D_glTF
↓ Rope Chair_3D_fbx
↓ Rope Chair_3D_dae
↓ Rope Chair_3D_dxf
↓ Rope Chair_3D_dwg
FLEXIBLE
The flexible constructive element of the rope encourages dynamic sitting
