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100 Midcentury Chairs: and their stories Kindle Edition
Lucy Ryder Richardson (Author) See search results for this author |
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A stylish and informative guide to the best of Midcentury Modern chair design. These are the top 100 most interesting, most controversial, or simply most beautiful chairs from the period spanning 1930–1970, according to expert curator and chair addict Lucy Ryder Richardson.
Get to know the designers of the Modern era, and find out about the controversies, drama, gossip and intrigue that accompanied these fascinating figures. Featuring a range of top international names, including Robin Day, Charles and Ray Eames, Ernest Race, Arne Jacobsen, Pierre Paulin, Finn Juhl, Harry Bertoia, Ero Saarinen and Norman Cherner.
There is also an exploration into materials and manufacturing processes, plus lots of information about the manufacturers that brought chair designs to the masses, such as Knoll, Herman Miller, Fritz Hansen and Asko. Packed full of design details, historical facts, quotes and anecdotes – you can even find out the position in which the designers intended you to sit in their chairs! With a ‘chair timeline’, showcasing the very best of European, Scandinavian, Japanese and American design, this is the perfect book for collectors, enthusiasts and design junkies alike.
Word count: 50,000
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPavilion
- Publication date8 Dec. 2016
- File size20083 KB
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Petra Curtis and Lucy Ryder Richardson started working together in July 2002, initially selling midcentury and modern furniture from Lucy’s 1960s house. The success of their first event spurred them on to produce a larger event where midcentury dealers and modern designers gather to sell their work. Modern Shows now hosts the shows Midcentury Modern, Midcentury East and The Midcentury Pop Up as well as being home to The Modern Marketplace directory, an indispensable guide to favourite C20 dealers and C21 designers and retailers.
--This text refers to the hardcover edition.Product details
- ASIN : B06X3RHKGH
- Publisher : Pavilion; 1st edition (8 Dec. 2016)
- Language : English
- File size : 20083 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Print length : 208 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 968,134 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 309 in Antique & Collectable Furniture
- 753 in Furniture Design
- 1,303 in Industrial Design Studies
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Being a Anglo Danish designer it's great to see so many Danish chairs in the top 100!
You'll go through the first time and just look at the great pictures of some of the finest chairs ever made, and then you'll read it and discover the stories behind the designs from some of the best designers.