UID:
kobvindex_INT0000437
Format:
1028 pages :
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richly illustrated (chiefly colour) ;
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31 x 24 cm.
ISBN:
9783931936990 (hbk.)
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3931936996 (hbk.)
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "The Vitra Design Museum's 'Atlas of Furniture Design' is a new and essential work on the history of modern furniture design. The monumental book examines themes ranging from the early days of industrialization to innovations of the digital era, which play an increasingly important role in furniture design today. Based on more than twenty years of research and with more than 1,000 pages, the Atlas represents the most comprehensive book to ever shed light on this subject. It documents 1,740 objects by over 540 designers and contains more than 2,800 illustrations. The Atlas features over 550 detailed texts about key objects as well as in-depth essays that provide sociocultural and design-historical context to four historical epochs and the works themselves. Furthermore, the book includes a comprehensive annex with designer biographies, information graphics, and bibliographies, as well as a manufacturer and materials glossary. These features make this publication an encyclopedic reference guide and indispensable resource for collectors, scholars, and experts, and without a doubt a book to be treasured by design lovers all over the world."
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "The ultimate book on furniture design. The Atlas of Furniture Design is the most comprehensive overview of the history of furniture design ever published. The 1,028-page book documents 1,740 objects by 546 designers and 565 manufacturers, and features more than 2,500 images, from detailed object photographs to historical documentation such as interiors, patents, brochures and reference works in art and architecture. The basis for the Atlas of Furniture Design is the furniture collection held by the Vitra Design Museum, one of the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 7,000 works. The collection is made up of pieces from key periods in design history and by the most significant designers and manufacturers of the past 200 years, including early industrial furniture in bentwood or metal, Art Nouveau and Secessionist objects, works by such protagonists of classical modernism as Le Corbusier, Gerrit Rietveld, Charlotte Perriand and Marcel Breuer, postwar figures such as Finn Juhl, Eero Saarinen and Achille Castiglioni, and postmodern and contemporary designers like Philippe Starck, Marcel Wanders and Konstantin Grcic, as well as the estates of design legends such as Charles and Ray Eames, Verner Panton, Alexander Girard, George Nelson and others. Several years in the making, the Atlas of Furniture Design has employed a team of 71 authors and features in-depth essays providing sociocultural and design-historical context to the history of furniture design, as well as 551 detailed texts accompanying key objects. The book is enriched by a detailed annex containing designer biographies, bibliographies, a glossary of manufacturers and an index, along with information graphics offering a complementary visual approach to the history of furniture design. The Atlas of Furniture Design is both an encyclopedic reference tool and an indispensable resource for collectors, scholars and experts, as well as a beautifully designed object that speaks to design enthusiasts around the globe."
Note:
GENERAL NOTE: text on endpapers.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: Objects by number -- Objects by typology -- How to read the Atlas of furniture design -- Foreword -- The atlas of furniture design / Mateo Kries -- Thoughts on the collection / Rolf Fehlbaum -- 1780-1914 : ESSAY : Between invention and tradition : in search of a modern style / Sabine Wieber -- OBJECTS -- INFOGRAPHICS : Timeline 1750-1920 ; Structural materials in furniture design 1800-1940 ; Thonet : expansion and production 1853-1918 -- 1914-1940 : ESSAY : The triumph of modernism / Gerda Breuer -- OBJECTS -- INFOGRAPHICS : Timeline 1914-1940 ; The Cantilever chair : evolution and types ; Designers and migrations 1920s-1950s -- 1940-1973 : ESSAY : From post-war to pop : between reconstruction and consumerism / Jane Pavitt -- OBJECTS -- INFOGRAPHICS : Timeline 1940-1973 ; Manufacturers and designers : US ; Manufacturers and designers : Northern Italy ; Manufacturers and designers : Central Italy ; Manufacturers and designers : Scandinavia ; Single-piece plywood furniture : technology and construction -- 1973- 2017 : ESSAY : Opening new doors of possibility : postmodernism and the digital age / Avinash Rajagopal, Vera Sacchetti -- OBJECTS -- INFOGRAPHICS : Timeline 1973-2017 ; The monobloc : evolution and types -- MATERIALS : Designer biographies ; Glossary of manufacturers ; Glossary of materials and production techniques -- ANNEX : Bibliography ; Author biographies ; Index ; Image credits ; Acknowledgements ; Colophon.
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LANGUAGE NOTE: German language edition: Atlas des Möbeldesigns. ISBN 9783931936983.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Encyclopaedias
