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A taxonomy of office chairs : the evolution of the office chair, demonstrated through a catalogue of seminal models and an illustrated taxonomy of their components

Auteur : Jonathan Olivares


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Histoire visuelle et technique de la chaise de bureau du début des années 1840 jusqu'à aujourd'hui, à travers une sélection des modèles les plus remarquables du point de vue du design. Chacune fait l'objet d'une illustration et d'un court texte expliquant les innovations qu'elle met en oeuvre. L'ouvrage inclut quelque 400 dessins techniques décrivant les différents composants et leur évolution. ©Electre 2024

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A Taxonomy of Office Chairs is an exhaustive visual and technical history of the office chair, from the beginning of the 1840s - a period that saw the origins of modern business management - to the present. Over this time frame Jonathan Olivares has selected the most innovative office chairs from the thousands that have been designed and manufactured. This rigorous selection process has been under-pinned by one rule : only chairs that have introduced at least one novel feature have been included.

The selection includes chairs by some of the most revered product designers and architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Marcel Breuer, Charles and Ray Eames, Richard Sapper and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Each chair is illustrated, each innovation is explained in a short text, and the details of the designers and manufacturera are provided. In addition, the book includes over 400 technical drawings of individual components, organized info chapters that map their evolution. Few man-made objects have ever been studied in such detail, and the taxonomical approach provides an objective analysis of design history. The book is unprecedented, and will serve as a detailed, encyclopédie and professionally researched tool for anyone commissioning, buying or designing an office chair.

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Paru le : 29/04/2011

Thématique : Monographies

Auteur(s) : Auteur : Jonathan Olivares

Éditeur(s) : Phaidon

Collection(s) : Non précisé.

Contributeur(s) : Préfacier : Benjamin A. Pardo

Série(s) : Non précisé.

ISBN : 978-0-7148-6103-6

EAN13 : 9780714861036

Reliure : Relié sous jaquette

Pages : 223

Hauteur: 23.0 cm / Largeur 18.0 cm


Épaisseur: 2.5 cm

Poids: 614 g