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Many of the great modern classic furniture designs of the twentieth century are still in production and available to the public in America and abroad. There are also many recent designs destined to become classics, because they share many of the same qualities of modern furniture already in museum collections and sought after by collectors. This volume, with 600 color photographs and detailed captions of a representative sample of the best modern furniture available, is the first source book to focus only on designs that are currently in production, and to present them in full color. It is both a history of modern design and an international shopping catalog. The indexes of 250 designers and companies and the list of sources will enable the reader to locate each item for purchase or for additional information. This book will serve as an indispensable and handy reference for decorators, interior designers, architects, and collectors, plus acquaint the general public with extraordinary designs that are generally only known to the trade.
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Joshua Guilford
reviewed Furniture 2000: Modern Classics and New Designs in Production on March 26, 2013 Furniture 2000: Modern Classics and New Designs in Production
This is a fairly short book on the history of chairs. It starts out by explaining the two main principles of chair design: function and presence. It then relates the history of chair design to changes in technology, materials, style, culture and society. A number of iconic chairs such as the Thonet chair (Bistro chair), Mies van der Rohe's Brno chair, Le Corbusier's chaise longue, Eileen Gray's Bibendum chair, Arne Jacobson's Egg Chair or Charles Eames lounge chair receive special mention and their respective roles in the overall history of chair design are explained. Finally, and that's by far the most interesting part of the book, follows an interview with Konstantin Grcic (the Munich-based designer of Chair One). Here the designer shares the multiple challenges involved in designing a particular chair: the Myto (the world's first genuine plastic cantilevered chair). This part is very interesting to read and well illustrated with pictures. Overall, this is a nice little book. Unfortunately, it does not (apart from the interview with Grcic) really tell you anything about "how to design a chair". Thus, if you are looking for a guide on chair design, you better look elsewhere.
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