Chairs: 1000 Masterpieces of Modern Design, 1800 to the Present Day
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (990 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1847960340 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 768 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A really fascinating and comprehensive book of ground-breaking chairs!" according to designlovingdude. I really loved the Fiells' earlier book on chairs, but this one is even better being completely up-to-date and featuring the latest and most innovative seating designs from recent years. This book is also single-language which means there is a lot more text per entry and the images are really first rate. More than anything though it is the selection of chairs that makes this book stand out, first off it is an all-new selection and while there are lots of well-known designs featured, there are als. "Just Another List of Chairs" according to B. Olson. It appears that Charlotte and Peter Fiell have severed their ties with Taschen, started their own publishing company in England and created yet another list of Modern Chairs from 1800 to present. This book is a little grander in size and quality of binding from than their earlier book, but I think this latest publication has left off some of the great classics by Schinkel, Thonet, Saarinen, Lutyens and others. They would have been better off adding to their original list, rather than maintaining
Chairs 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.
Charlotte Fiell is a leading design historian who has written numerous bestselling books on all aspects of design, from industrial products to graphic communications. She later trained at Sotheby's Institute, also in London.Charlotte and Peter Fiell are leading authorities on twentieth and twenty-first century design and have written
- FX magazineThere are fascinating things here - World of Interiors . - Stephen Bayley, House and GardenChairs: 1,000 Masterpieces of Modern Design, published by Goodman Fiell, is a celebration of some of the most groundbreaking chair designs from 1800 to the present day. But this is more: it's a catalogue of ingenuity, too. Magnificent, perverse, relentless, it's an entire summary of human endeavor in 768 pages. If you want a catalogue of chair design, there is none better. - TelegraphThe pair provide a fascinating and comprehensive catalogue detailing the history o