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1000 Chairs - Couverture rigide

Fiell, Peter; Taschen; Fiell, Charlotte

 
9783836563703: 1000 Chairs

Synopsis

More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designer. 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.

From Gerrit Rietveld and Alvar Aalto to Verner Panton and Eva Zeisel, from Art Nouveau to International Style, from Pop Art to Postmodernism, the history of the chair is so complex that it requires a comprehensive encyclopedic work to do it full justice. They are all here: Thonet’s bentwood chairs and Hoffmann’s sitting-machines, Marcel Breuer’s Wassily chair and Ron Arad’s avant-garde armchairs. Early designers and pioneers of the modern chair are presented alongside the most recent innovations in seating.

This dedicated compendium displays each chair as pure form, along with biographical and historical information about the pieces and their designers. An illuminating tome for design aficionados and an essential reference for collectors!

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À propos de l'auteur

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son autores de renombre especializados en diseño, con más de 70 libros sobre historia, teoría y crítica del diseño. Los Fiell han dado numerosas conferencias, impartido cursos como profesores invitados, comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas e importantes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Juntos, han escrito múltiples libros de TASCHEN, entre ellos 1000 Chairs, Design of the 20th Century, Industrial Design A–Z, 1000 Lights, Scandinavian Design y, más recientemente, los títulos de doble volumen Ultimate Collector Cars, Ultimate Collector Motorcycles y Ultimate Collector Watches.  

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