Rope
Marc-Antoine Barrois and Antoine Bouillot surround orb with “forest” of ropes in Milan
Bouroullec brothers design chair using one continuous piece of rope
Kéré Architecture suspends colourful strings from ceiling of Philadelphia art museum
Bertjan Pot weaves shoelaces around inner tubes to create inflatable seats for Nike
Rolf Sachs suspends chunk of rock inside Saltz restaurant
Gabriel Calatrava designs stretchy rope installation for classical music performance
Marcel Wanders’ seminal 1996 Knotted Chair was “a little miracle”
George King weaves UV string to create glowing maze-like installation in Detroit
Ulf Mejergren to create tree-like pavilion made from rope for Jewish festival
Janet Echelman creates aerial rope sculpture made of super-strength fibres
Brazil’s Expo pavilion contains a bouncy landscape of suspended rope
Summer pavilions built from old rope and bicycle wheels to open in New York
Pauline Deltour uses braided rope to create Rope Rug for Hem
Escobedo Soliz weaves colourful ropes across MoMA PS1 courtyard
Roderick Pieters’ Loper shoes are assembled with rope rather than glue
Kengo Kuma anchors Japanese textile showroom to the ground with carbon-fibre threads
Escobedo Soliz to create “cloud of ropes” for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Pont de Singe by Olivier Grossetête
Tube net installation by Numen/For Use designed as a “giant convulsing centipede”
Havana duo aims to revitalise Cuban design with elasticated Vibra chairs
Atelier Yokyok installs vaulted string tunnels in a Gothic cloister garden
Menu’s WM String chairs have matching but inverted wire backs
Patricia Urquiola refreshes Maia outdoor furniture with teak and hand-braided rope