1000 Chairs: In the 20th Century

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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.

From Gerrit Rietveld and Alvar Aalto to 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. 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.The Fiells have lectured widely, guest taught courses, curated exhibitions, and consulted manufacturing companies, museums, salerooms, and major private collectors around the world. Yet every one of the 1,000 examples that the authors Charlotte and Peter Fiell explore represents much more than everyday design.

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 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.