Design and
In 1960 the scientist, inventor and musician Manfred Clynes coined the term cyborg,
which then grew ever more popular thanks to innumerable sci-fi novels and films; it
designates an organism that combines natural and artificial elements. Marcel Wan-
ders Studio interprets this fusion as the expression of a continuous search for new
combinations, in today’s world, where it seems there is nothing truly new left to in-
vent. This is the background to the creation of Cyborg, a seat with a highly resistant
and versatile polycarbonate shell. The seat can then be completed with backrests in
a selection of different natural or synthetic materials: from polycarbonate to wicker,
from solid wood to the upholstered versions with fabric or leather cover. This further
evolution of the chair is in equal parts poetic and technological, cosy and surprising,
in keeping with the widest range of different settings.
