Wickerwork is like a network: it can withstand tension, is resilient and helps with creativity. To make the wickerwork of its classic chairs even more sustainable, Tecta set out in search of new materials and found them. The new Öko-Tex materials are durable, skin-friendly and hard-wearing. Materials that combine look and feel, and symbolise Gropius‘ desire to see „art and technology“ as a new unity. The tension between warm wickerwork and cool steel, between aesthetics and technology – this is what characterises the Tecta wickerwork collections. And also the two new materials that combine functionality and aesthetics.

Cozy, textile, made to translate traditional techniques into modern design: this is the new Wickerwork I from Tecta. It has a textile feel and impresses with its durability. The Öko-Tex material is a polypropylene that consists of 16 threads like a sail rope and is twisted around its core. It is light, kind to the skin and has such a high surface tension that it does not absorb liquids. “The future had suddenly become visible!” Heinz Rasch once said when the chair that followed his vision of “floating and swinging” was invented – the cantilever chair. Now it was time to give the modern classic a future-proof face – a weave for the next century, textile and resistant at the same time.

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Combining durability and aesthetics in a new way, creating elegant functionality with a clear form: the braiding group II emphasises the architectural momentum of the classics. 36 nylon threads twist around its core. A material with an exquisite appearance thanks to its light surface shimmer, which is hard-wearing, UV-resistant and easy to clean. Cosy and architectural at the same time – this innovative woven fibre allows the Tecta collection to be rediscovered: durable objects that combine creativity and beauty with new materials in a meaningful way.