Book "1000Chairs"

Plus more than any other piece of furniture, the chair has lent itself to the designers' wildest fantasies. The particular curve of the backrest or the turn of a leg, the angle of a seat or the colour of the whole, all these details reflect the stylistic bias of each era.

From Gerrit Rietveld Alvar Aalto to Verner Panton or Eva Zeisel, from Art Nouveau to International Style, from Pop Art to Postmodernism, the history of the chair is so complex that an encyclopaedic work as comprehensive as this one was needed to do it justice. They are all there: bent wood by Thonet Hoffmann, sitting machines by Marcel Breuer, the Wassily by Breuer and the chairs with avant-garde armrests by Ron Arad.

The first designers and pioneers of the modern chair are presented alongside the most recent innovations. The book devotes a page to each chair, presented in its purest form, with biographical and historical information about it and its designer. An enlightening book for design enthusiasts, and a reference for collectors!

About the authors: Charlotte & Peter Fiell has written numerous articles and books on design and designers, including Decorative Arts series, 1000, Lights 1000 Chairs, Design 20th Century, Design Industrial A-Z, Design Scandinavian and 21st Century Design published by TASCHEN.