Once upon a chair: design beyond the icon

R$ 435,90

Sinopse

A global up-to-the-minute survey of contemporary furniture and interior design a reference to theZeitgeist and the best designers today. Furnish: Edition 2010 is a detailed international survey of current trends anddevelopments in furniture and interior design. Following in the footsteps of thehighly successful Furnish book, it brings together a collection of work by theworld s best young designers, capturing the zeitgeist of this rigorous field.Furnish: Edition 2010 examines several key trends indicating a recognisable shifttowards progressive design that makes a social impact designers are collaboratingwith artisans to revive the tradition of craft, elevating it to new levels ofluxury. A conscious effort to produce sustainable design is also evident wheredesigners are not only working with environmentally friendly material and productionmethods but creating furnishings that are durable and made to last.The book further explores how designers are focusing more on process-drivenand storytelling concepts to create furniture systems that are flexible, crafted in acollage-like manner or even decorative objects that serve as interior installations.A continuing flirtation with organic forms can also be seen with pioneering examplesof material and technological experimentation, many of which are characterisedby an unrestrained, playful attitude with an ironic exuberance.This opulently illustrated and authoritative volume presents pioneering examplesthat expand our understanding of furniture and interior design to extend beyondthe canon of forms and concepts seen over the last decade.

Participantes

Organizador: Robert Klanten | Sven Ehmann | Andrej Kupetz | Shonquis Moreno