Chair Ties

...a Design System

There are many ways to tie someone to a chair, but despite what you have seen in countless movies and TV shows, it is kind of difficult to make a chair tie secure. Often, media will show someone with just wrists tied to the arms of a chair … or maybe wrists and ankles … or – if they are really advanced – wrists, ankles and a band around the chest. If a determined person was trying to work themselves free, none of these would hold for more than a few minutes. Here are a few options for tying each part of the body, shown on a variety of chairs, so you can mix and match ideas to fit your vision!