Chairs: 1000 Masterpieces Of Modern Design 1880 To The Present Day

Updated edition

The chair is not only an everyday object, but also a symbol to which many artists and designers have turned at one time or another in their careers, regardless of their speciality - fine art, industrial design or interior architecture.

From Alvar Aalto to Marco Zanuso, this book traces the evolution of the modern chair from 1800 to the present day and presents the most innovative and revolutionary chairs by great designers. It includes classics such as Josef Hoffmann's Sitzmachine, Robin Day's Polypropylene chair, Marcel Breuer's sleek modern designs, and Zhang Zhoujie's computer-designed masterpieces, as well as rare pieces by some of the biggest names in design, including Charles and Ray Eames, Gio Ponti, Italian collective Memphis, Ron Arad, and the Campana brothers.