ATLAS OF FURNITURE DESIGN

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• AuthorCollectif
• PublisherVitra Design Museum
• Date of publicationDécembre 2019
• Language(s)English
• IllustrationsColour, b&w ill.
• Pages1000
• DescriptionHardback
• Price (VAT incl.)198.00 €
• AvailabilityOn order

The furniture collection held by the Vitra Design Museum is one of the largest of its kind in the world with more than 7,000 works. It is made up of pieces from key periods in design history and by the most significant designers and manufacturers of the past 200 years, like Le Corbusier, Gerrit Rietveld, Charlotte Perriand, Finn Juhl, Eero Saarinen, Achille Castiglioni, Philippe Starck, Marcel Wanders, Charles and Ray Eames, Verner Panton, and others.

This book presents the most comprehensive overview of the history of furniture design ever published. It documents over 1,700 objects by approximately 280 designers and 130 manufacturers, and features more than 2,750 images, from detailed object photographs to historical documentation. The volume is enriched by a detailed annex containing designer biographies, bibliographies, a glossary of manufacturers and an index.

Price (VAT incl.) : 198.00 €