Landmarks of Chair Design
Design
Charlotte & Peter Fiell
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Specifications
Flexi-cover with flaps
Format: 22 × 17 cm (8⅝ × 6⅝ in.)
768 pages, 1000 illustrations
Recommended Retail Price:
£29.95 | €39.95 | us $59.95
Trilingual text
English/French/German edition
English cover – isbn 978-1-906863-09-8
German cover – isbn 978-1-906863-44-9
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Take a seat
Landmarks of Chair Design is an all-new survey of highly original and important seating designs by the renowned authorities on the subject Charlotte and Peter Fiell. Showcasing over 1000 chairs by some of world’s greatest designers, from Alvar Aalto to Marco Zanuso, this comprehensive work traces the fascinating history of the modern chair and explains why it has become such an important cultural phenomenon.
Form & function
Landmarks of Chair Design illustrates sumptuously the astonishing variety of innovative forms and materials applications in avant-garde seating design from 1800 to
present day.
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A must-have sourcebook
Each entry is accompanied by a concise explanatory text, while the introductory essay outlines the main styles and developments that have occurred in seating design over
the last two hundred years. Landmarks of Chair Design is absolutely essential reading for all design-conscious consumers, collectors, dealers, designers and students.
About the authors
Charlotte and Peter Fiell are leading authorities on 20th and 21st century design and have written and edited over 30 internationally bestselling books on the subject. They have just founded their own design-led publishing company, FIELL, to publish their own books as well as other titles by other specialist authors.
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