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Chair: 500 Designs That Matter

by Phaidon Editors

A visual history of chair design

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A visual history of chair design

Spanning early examples through contemporary creations, this collection treats the chair as both a practical object and a space for design experimentation. Its 500 designs bring together work by internationally known figures, including Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, Charlotte Perriand, and Ron Arad. The range offers a way to trace how designers have approached materials, production methods, and the familiar constraints of seating across different periods and places. This new-cover edition places the chair itself—not furniture design in general—at the center of its survey.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Design enthusiasts interested in furniture and seating
  • Readers who want a broad visual survey of chair designs and designers

Themes

Chair designFurniture historyMaterials and productionDesign experimentation

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Book overview

A compelling collection of the world's most innovative, stylish, and influential chairs from across the globe

Throughout history, the chair has presented designers the world over with infinite opportunities to experiment with new production methods and innovative materials within the set parameters of an object that is primarily there to serve a practical purpose.

Now available with a new cover, Chair: 500 Designs that Matter celebrates the humble chair as never before, from early examples to today's cutting-edge creations. It invites you to sit back and be taken on a journey through the creative imaginations of hundreds of internationally renowned designers.

Featured designers include: Alvar Aalto, Eero Aarnio, Ron Arad, Cini Boeri, Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec, Marcel Breuer, Campana Brothers, Charles and Ray Eames, Naoto Fukasawa, Frank Gehry, Jaime Hay.n, Arne Jacobsen, Hella Jongerius, Finn Juhl, Shiro Kuramata, Erwine and Estelle Laverne, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Jasper Morrison, George Nakashima, George Nelson, nendo, Charlotte Perriand, Gaetano Pesce, Jean Prouv
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