Designer Marcel Wanders and manufacturer Magis made news during Milan Design Week 2011 when Wanders released his intriguing Cyborg chair.

The provocative name references everything from robots to artificial intelligence, but with specific regar to Wanders’ piece, it evokes the combination wicker/plastic construction as, like a Cyborg,It combines  seemingly disparate parts. Cyborg and Wanders are back in the news this week with Magis’ slight tweaking of the concept: the new Cyborg is entirely made of translucent polycarbonate