Description
OP-forlag, Odense [Published date: 1994]. Hardcover, 48 pp; text in Danish; illustrated throughout with color and black-and-white photographs; 27 cm. Series: Design i det 20. arhh.
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Condition & notes
In very good condition / no dust jacket. Bright yellow pictorial boards printed in black, featuring a photograph of a modernist chair on front cover. Light bumbing and scuffing to edges of and mild overall scuffing to covers; binding tight; pages clean and unmarked. An illustrated overview of chair design through the twentieth century, emphasizing the interplay of function, construction, and aesthetics in modern furniture design. The book traces stylistic and technological evolution from Art Nouveau and early steel-tube modernism through Scandinavian design, Pop and Memphis movements, to late 20th-century postmodern and High-Tech forms. Illustrated with representative examples by Verner Panton, Arne Jacobsen, Marcel Breuer, Philippe Starck, Ron Arad, and others. Contents include: En stol er til at sidde i; Arbejdsstole; Tete a tete; Art Nouveau og klunker; Da ornamentet forsvandt; Nyklassicisme; Funktionalisme; Funktionalismens mangfoldighed; Dansk mobelhaandvaerk; Organiske former; Enkelhed og iderigdom; Romantik og rahed; 80'er-stil - postmodernisme; Natur og teknologi. Written by architect Birgit Jeppesen (m.a.a.) and art historian Dorthe Spaabaek (cand. mag. in Danish and art history).