1000 Chairs
TASCHEN 25 - Special edition!
More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designers. The particular curve of a back-rest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the colour of the entire artefact all reflect the stylistic consciousness of each era.
From Gerrit Rietveld and Alvar Aalto via Verner Panton to Eva Zeisel; from Art Nouveau to International Style, from Pop Art to Postmodernism, the phenomenon of the chair is so complex that it requires a reference work as comprehensive as this 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.
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 chairs and their designers. A special treat for anyone who loves design and a must for collectors!
About the author:
Charlotte and Peter Fiell have written numerous TASCHEN books, including 1000 Chairs, Design of the 20th Century, Industrial Design A–Z, Scandinavian Design, Designing the 21st Century, Graphic Design for the 21st Century, 1000 Lights and Contemporary Graphic Design. They also edited TASCHEN’s Decorative Art series and the 12-volume domus 1928–1999.
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 1000 Chairs
Fiell, Charlotte & Peter
Softcover, flaps, 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 624 pages $ 14.99 |
- Reviews (7 items)
"Pour son 25e anniversaire, la maison d`édition allemande TASCHEN réédite – à un prix toujours aussi attractif – notre outil de travail préféré : la bible des chaises créées par les plus célèbres designers du monde entier, du premier mobilier d`art, en 1808, jusqu`au dernières innovations des années 90. Car la chaise, ce mobilier qui n`a de cesse d`interpeller et d`inspirer, a toujours suivi de près l`évolution de l`architecture et des technologies. Chacun de ces petits bijoux offert à notre convoitise est la résultante aboutie de l`étude et de l`attention particulières qui lui ont consacrées leurs auteurs. "
Gael Maison, Bruxelles, Belgium
Gael Maison, Bruxelles, Belgium
- Clippings (5 items)
1000 chairs
In.Design Magazine, United Kingdom, June 01, 2009
In.Design Magazine, United Kingdom, June 01, 2009
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TASCHEN 25 - Special edition! "... beautifully presented by TASCHEN to induce repeat dipping and much page sniffing ... Vinyl revival? This book single-handedly champions the cause." -Inpress, Melbourne |
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TASCHEN 25 - Special edition! "A fascinating and disconcerting book in which, on every page, the human body is displayed to fire the imagination of each of us..." -Connexion, France |