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A Taxonomy of Office Chairs
An exhaustively researched visual history of the office chair.
Jonathan Olivares
Editions:
Price: USD$39.95
400 points
- Hardback
- English
- 220 x 160 mm, 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in
- 240 pp
- 1000 colour illustrations
- ISBN-13: 9780714861036
- ISBN-10: 0714861030
- Details over 130 of the most innovative office chairs designed and built from the 1840s to the present, with a colour photograph, information about the designer and manufacturer, and a short text accompanying each chair
- Features chairs from numerous well-known designers, including Marcel Breuer, Charles and Ray Eames, Gio Ponti, Richard Sapper, Jasper Morrison and Konstantin Grcic
- Provides a visual overview of the entire evolution of the modern office chair
- Includes ten chapters of technical drawings, comprising over 400 illustrations, underlining the exhaustive research and technical prowess behind the book
- The fruition of an authoritative four-year research project which will appeal to product designers, furniture manufacturers, design enthusiasts and students, furniture collectors and anyone needing to buy an office chair
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