Knotted Chair by Marcel Wanders was “a little miracle“

Marcel Wanders looks back at his chair made from knotted rope, which helped propel the Dutch designer to international stardom when it was launched in 1996, in the first movie of our exclusive new video series. Wanders’ Knotted Chair is made from lengths of hand-braided aramid and carbon fibre cord, which are impregnated with epoxy resin to provide rigidity. The chair has the delicate appearance of handcrafted macramé – a technique for making textiles using knotting rather than weaving – but is also extre