Description

Atlas of Furniture Design de Mateo Kries, Ed. Vitra Design Museum, 24 cm x 31 cm, relié avec 1028 pages

Le guide ultime du design mobilier, "The Atlas of Furniture Design" est le plus grand ouvrage sur l'histoire du design mobilier jamais publié.
Avec 1 028 pages, 2 500 illustrations, 1691 objets réalisés par plus de 300 designers et 120 manufactures, 550 d'entre eux accompagnés de textes détaillés, cet ouvrage, basé sur les collections du Vitra Design Museum est à la fois une encyclopédie de référence et une indispensable ressourse pour les designers, les collectionneurs et tous les professionnels de l'Art.
Ce livre présente des images allant de photographies d'objets de haute qualité à des reproductions de documents historiques tels que des brochures, des brevets, des intérieurs ou des oeuvres de référence dans l'art ou l'architecture.
Le livre présente des pièces de légendes du design comme Charles & Ray Eames, Verner Panton, Alexander Girard, George Nelson.
Il comprend les premiers meubles industriels en bois courbé ou en métal de l'Art Nouveau et de l'Art Déco,
des protagonistes du modernisme classique comme Le Corbusier, Gerrit Rietveld, Charlotte Perriand ou Marcel Breuer,
des figures de l'après guerre comme Finn Juhl, Gilbert Rohde, Pierre Paulin ou Gae Aulenti
mais aussi des designers postmodernes et contemporains comme Philippe Starck, Marcel Wanders ou Konstantin Grcic.

Principaux chapitres de l'ouvrage :

• Foreword
• The Atlas of Furniture Design, by Mateo Kries
• Thoughts on the Collection by Ralf Fehlbaum

• 1780 - 1914
• Essay - Between Invention and Tradition: in search of a Modern Style
  by Sabine Wieber
• OBJECTS
• Infographics

• 1914 - 1940
• Essay - The Trimph of Modernism
  by Gerda Breuer
• OBJECTS
• Infographics

• 1940 - 1973
• Essay - From Post-War to Pop: Between Reconstruction and Consumerism
  by Jane Pavitt
• OBJECTS
• Infographics

• 1973 - 2017
• Essay - Opening New Doors of Possibility: Postmodernism and the Digital Age
  by Avinash Rajagopal and Vera Sacchetti
• OBJECTS
• Infographics

• Designer Biographies
• Glossary of Manufacturers
• Glossary of Materials and Production Techniques

• Annexes, Index

Les textes en Anglais sont écrits sous la direction de Mateo Kries.

 English description

Atlas of Furniture Design from the Vitra Design Museum

Details of the book

Author:	Mateo Kries
Publisher:	Vitra Design Museum (2019)
Binding:	Hardcover (1028 pages) 9-½ inches x 12 inches ( 24 cm x 31 cm )
Language(s):	Anglais
ISBN :	978-3-931936-99-0
EAN :	9783931936990

Editorial Reviews

Atlas of Furniture Design by Mateo Kries, Ed. Vitra Design Museum, 9-½ inches x 13 inches ( 24 cm x 31 cm ), hardcover book with 1028 pages

The "Atlas of Furniture Design" is the greatest book on the history of furniture design ever published.
With 1,028 pages, 2,500 illustrations, 1,691 objects produced by more than 300 designers and 120 manufacturers, 550 of them accompanied by detailed texts, this hardcover book, based on the collections of the Vitra Design Museum is both a reference encyclopedia and an essential resource for designers, collectors and all art professionals.
This book features images from high-quality object photographs to reproductions of historical documents such as brochures, patents, interiors or reference works in art or architecture.
The book presents work of such design legends as Charles & Ray Eames, Verner Panton, Alexander Girard, George Nelson.
It includes early industrial furniture in bentwood or metal, Art Nouveau and Secessionist pieces,
protagonists of classical modernism like Le Corbusier, Gerrit Rietveld, Charlotte Perriand or Marcel Breuer,
postwar figures such as Finn Juhl, Gilbert Rohde, Pierre Paulin or Gae Aulenti
but also postmodern and contemporary designers like Philippe Starck, Marcel Wanders or Konstantin Grcic.

Principaux chapitres de l'ouvrage :

• Foreword
• The Atlas of Furniture Design, by Mateo Kries
• Thoughts on the Collection by Ralf Fehlbaum

• 1780 - 1914
• Essay - Between Invention and Tradition: in search of a Modern Style
  by Sabine Wieber
• OBJECTS
• Infographics

• 1914 - 1940
• Essay - The Trimph of Modernism
  by Gerda Breuer
• OBJECTS
• Infographics

• 1940 - 1973
• Essay - From Post-War to Pop: Between Reconstruction and Consumerism
  by Jane Pavitt
• OBJECTS
• Infographics

• 1973 - 2017
• Essay - Opening New Doors of Possibility: Postmodernism and the Digital Age
  by Avinash Rajagopal and Vera Sacchetti
• OBJECTS
• Infographics

• Designer Biographies
• Glossary of Manufacturers
• Glossary of Materials and Production Techniques

• Annexes, Index

The French texts are written under the supervision of Mateo Kries.