Fifty chairs that changed the world / Design Museum ; [text written by Michael Czerwinski].

By:

Czerwinski, Michael

Contributor(s):

Design Museum (London, England)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Conran Octopus, 2009.Description: 106 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cmISBN:

9781840915402 (hbk.)
1840915404 (hbk.)

Other title:

50 chairs that changed the world

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

749.32 DES

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	749.32 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100477018

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Everything around us is designed and the word 'design' has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? Fifty Chairs That Changed the World imparts that knowledge listing the top 50 chairs that have made a substantial impact in the world of British design today. From Thonet's 1870 Side Chair to Konstantin Grcic's Chair_One, each entry offers a short appraisal to explore what has made their iconic status and the designers that give them a special place in design history.

Includes index.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

The Design Museum's mission is to celebrate, entertain, and inform. It is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to graphics, and architecture to industrial design. It is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture. It demonstrates both the richness of the creativity to be found in all forms of design, and its importance. Design is a hugely fertile field of inventive new work, as well as a key component underpinning the modern economy. It provides a means for understanding the contemporary world, and, potentially, for making it a better place.