
Hans J. Wegner
Just One Good Chair
Hatje Cantz Verlag
6th Edition
Published on 8. April 2014
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-3-7757-3809-5 (ISBN)
Description
The name Hans J. Wegner (1914-2007) is inseparable from his unrivalled chairs, which helped Danish design to achieve its international breakthrough. Every design fan has his or her favorite from among Wegner's approximately five hundred creations. Today, there is a hardly a glossy interior design magazine that does not include an illustration of the elegant China Chair (1943) or the Y Chair (1950), and even John F. Kennedy sat on his Round Chair, which is now simply called The Chair (1949). Trained as a furniture maker, Wegner usually made his prototypes himself by hand, using traditional joinery techniques such as tongue-and-groove or finger joints. In the process he pushed the limitations of wood, giving his designs an unmatched elegance. His sense of humor did not fall by the wayside, either, as evidenced by his splendid Peacock Chair (1947) or the masculine Ox Chair (1960), that latter of which is available with or without horns. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-3808-8)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ostfildern
Germany
Product notice
Trade binding
Imitation cloth
Illustrations
0 Abbildungen, 300 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder
300 Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 325 mm
Width: 260 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
1938 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7757-3809-5 (9783775738095)
Schweitzer Classification