The object
Marcel Wanders designed the Knotted Chair, turning hand-knotted aramid cord around a carbon-fibre core into a self-supporting epoxy-hardened seat. Wanders’ project record documents its high-tech/handcraft construction and permanent museum collections; Vitra’s current object page explains the material innovation behind the produced chair.
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What Marcel did
designed the Knotted Chair by hardening a hand-knotted aramid-and-carbon-fibre cord structure with epoxy resin
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Why it matters
Knotted Chair became a design landmark, entering MoMA, V&A and Stedelijk collections while demonstrating a mould-free structural manufacturing method.
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Living-status check
Wanders’ 2024 official biography continues to identify his active product-design practice and the Knotted Chair’s place in it.