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Pull up a chair (or 100) for this midcentury design showcase.
Here is a stylish guide to the top 100 most interesting, most controversial, or simply most beautiful chairs designed between 1930 and 1970. Get to know the designers of the Modern era, including the Eames, Jacobsen, Nakashima, Noguchi, Wegner, and many more, through their creative and unique chair designs. With notes on materials, manufacturers, and construction, entertaining quotes by designers and fans about each chair, a brief biography of each designer, the stories behind the designs, and even a ‘chair timeline’ showcasing the very best of European, Scandinavian, Japanese, and American design, 100 Midcentury Chairs And Their Stories is a must for Midcentury enthusiasts and design history fans everywhere.
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Lucy Ryder Richardson is co-owner of the hugely successful brand Modern Shows, and has forged partnerships with brands including Elle Decoration (UK) and Saatchi & Saatchi, as well as advising TV producers and leading collectors. She writes for online design blogs Inside Modernism and Destination Modernism, and maintains the Modern Marketplace directory, an indispensable guide to dealers in midcentury furnishings as well as contemporary designers and retailers.
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Rilegato. Condition: come nuovo. prima edizione. Includes a directory of top international dealers. A piece of design at once functional and aesthetically pleasing, it holds in its construction an elaborate story, rich in the drama, gossip and intrigue that accompanied the pioneering furniture designers of the Modern era. This stylish guide showcases the 100 most iconic, most interesting, most controversial, or simply most beautiful chairs from the period. Discover the materials, craftsmanship and manufacturing processes that brought chair designs to the masses, as well as absorbing trivia, quotes and anecdotes that offer a unique insight into the time. Featuring a range of international designers, including Robin Day, Charles and Ray Eames, Ernest Race and Arne Jacobsen, and covering the very best of European, Scandinavian, Japanese and American chair design, this is the perfect book for collectors, enthusiasts and design junkies alike. Note alle condizioni del volume Volume nuovo, dedica regalo all'anteporta ammaccatura da scaffale alla parte inferiore del dorso. (T-CA) Autore/i Lucy Ryder Richardson Editore Gibbs Smith Luogo London Anno 2017 Pagine 208 Dimensioni 23x19 (cm) Illustrazioni ill. colori n.t. - colors ills Legatura cart. edit. ill. colori - Hardcover Conservazione Usato come nuovo - used like new Lingua Inglese - English text Peso 1200 (gr) ISBN 142364672X EAN-13 9781423646723. Seller Inventory # LdS3542
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