1000 Chairs: In the 20th Century

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The particular curve of a backrest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the color of the entire artifact; each element reflects the stylistic consciousness of an era. Our team is made up of book lovers who are dedicated to sourcing and providing the best books for kids. This dedicated compendium displays each chair as pure form, along with biographical and historical information about the pieces and their designers. Chairs displayed on their own as pure form An overview of the 20th century More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designers. The ubiquitous chair in all its shapes and forms (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designers.

The Fiells have lectured widely, guest taught courses, curated exhibitions, and consulted manufacturing companies, museums, salerooms, and major private collectors around the world. Early designers and pioneers of the modern chair are presented alongside the most recent innovations in seating. I’m so confused, mostly because book is really good, but author forget about design from Eastern Europe like it didn’t existed.Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Charlotte and Peter Fiell are well-known design authors having written over sixty books on the subject. This recently refurbished edition traverses archetypal seats of the 1800s right up to the most innovative designs of today.

The book, a slightly abbreviated version of our classic title 1000 Chairs, devotes one page to each chair, displayed on its own as pure form, with biographical and historical information about the chair. After many best-selling years, 1000 Chairs has now been painstakingly and comprehensively revised and updated to include not only new and beautiful imagery for a large number of the existing entries, but many brand new entries have been added, too. Yet every one of the 1,000 examples that the authors Charlotte and Peter Fiell explore represents much more than everyday design. Nestled on a bookcase in my home, between Dickens, Homer and Keats, is a title that I have long cherished.

About the seriesBibliotheca Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe! The book devotes one page to each chair, displayed on its own as pure form, with biographical and historical information about the chairs and their designers. Some of the chairs were really poor design yet they had been out there anyway because of bauhaus or ethnicity of designer.

It is not included in promotions available to our main range products, as stated in our terms of service. Among their various areas of specialization is the realm of transportation design in all its diverse forms. I’m not only talking about socialist time after war when there was a lot really good design in this part of Europe but also modern times when there was designed inflatable steel stool and won for a Mars expedition and other great projects. The Fiells first published their round-up of chairs in 1997 and it has since become a bible for those who are interested in the story of seating.If a designer is only as good as her sources, 1000 Chairs is all you need for a one-stop crash course in the history of seating.

A must for design addicts and collectors alike, this dependable compendium presents each chair alongside essential information about the designer and their work, from Alvar Aalto to Eva Zeisel, from Art Nouveau to International Style. This recently refurbished edition traverses archetypal seats of the 1800s right up to the most innovative designs of today. From the craftsmanship of Charles Rennie MacKintosh to the Eameses’ early fiberglass experiments and the faceted creations of Konstantin Grcic, this field guide to famous chairs is more than just a designers’ dream sourcebook—it offers a world of inspiration for rethinking even the most everyday of objects around us.

My flatmate lampooned my love of chairs at one of her sketch comedy gigs--she played the founder of the 'Danish Chair Club' which apparently convenes to mock inferior European and American designs.