Chairpedia

Interdisciplinary authors come together to reflect on the history of chair design through 101 selected chairs

Every chair tells its own story, and all of them fit into this book--even the stories in which design is not overtly the topic at hand. Chairs and artificial intelligence; famous chairs on which Freud, Pessoa or Proust sat; chairs as historical, political and societal symbols; chairs for thin or corpulent people; rocking, creative, royal chairs: all these facets of chairs and more are packed into this volume.



Bringing together writers, design historians, architecture critics and art curators, Chairpedia is a compilation of anecdotes about the chair--beginning with Mauricio Wiesenthal's Tales to Read Seated, published by Andreu World--and comprises a history of chair design told through 101 examples.

Autorii interdisciplinari se reunesc pentru a reflecta asupra istoriei designului scaunelor prin 101 scaune selectate Fiecare scaun isi spune propria poveste si toate se incadreaza in aceasta carte - chiar si povestile in care designul nu este in mod deschis subiectul la indemana. Scaune si inteligenta artificiala; scaune celebre pe care stateau Freud, Pessoa sau Proust; scaune ca simboluri istorice, politice si societale; scaune pentru persoane slabe sau corpolente; scaune balansoare, creative, regale: toate aceste fatete ale scaunelor si multe altele sunt impachetate in acest volum. Reunind scriitori, istorici de design, critici de arhitectura si curatori de arta, Chairpedia este o compilatie de anecdote despre scaun - incepand cu Povestile lui Mauricio Wiesenthal Read Seated, publicat de Andreu World - si cuprinde o istorie a designului scaunelor povestita prin 101 exemple.