Design Secrets: Furniture
50 Real-Life Projects Uncovered
Published on 1. May 2008
208 pages
978-1-61673-652-1 (ISBN)
Description
New in Paperback!Furniture design is a complex art. Traditionally, techniques of the craft have been passed down from master to apprentice, but these days that is less and less the case in contemporary design. Students are now required to take courses and figure out much of it themselves. This book, as with others in the Design Secrets series, takes readers into the studio and reveals tips and techniques as well as the inspiration that brought the concept to life.
Many graphic and product designers are crossing into furniture design, including Karim Rashid, a designer of product, space, light, and fashion, and Todd Oldham, a photographer, graphic designer, product designer, interior designer, and influence in film/video and TV. Oldham is now the star designer at Lazy Boy-a company that has experienced a remarkable rebirth and revamp.
Design Secrets: Furniture shadows similar success stories by showcasing award-winning furniture designs from around the world. Each profile is complete with sketches, notes, and interim iterations revealing how the final piece came to be.
Many graphic and product designers are crossing into furniture design, including Karim Rashid, a designer of product, space, light, and fashion, and Todd Oldham, a photographer, graphic designer, product designer, interior designer, and influence in film/video and TV. Oldham is now the star designer at Lazy Boy-a company that has experienced a remarkable rebirth and revamp.
Design Secrets: Furniture shadows similar success stories by showcasing award-winning furniture designs from around the world. Each profile is complete with sketches, notes, and interim iterations revealing how the final piece came to be.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Beverly
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Illustrations
450 illustrations.
ISBN-13
978-1-61673-652-1 (9781616736521)
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05/2008
Rockport Publishers
€44.75
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Persons
Laurel Saville is a freelance writer, whose essays, feature pieces, and short stories have been featured in Step Inside Design magazine, House Beautiful Home Remodeling and Decorating, Seven Days, and Ellipses. She lives in Albany, New York.Brooke C. Stoddard is the author of World in the Balance: The Perilous Months of June-October 1940 (Potomac, 2011). He is a lifelong professional writer.
He worked as a writer and editor at Time-Life Books from 1977 to 1983 and as a book project manager at National Geographic from 2007 to 2009. Between and since, he has worked independently writing stories for the Washington Post, Smithsonian magazine's website, Historic Preservation, and many other periodicals. Some of his more technology and manufacturing stories have appeared in Electric Perspectives, American Gas, Chemical Process Safety Report, McGraw-Hill's Federal Technology Report, and Cutting Tool Engineering. He is the former editor of Military Heritage magazine.
He worked as a writer and editor at Time-Life Books from 1977 to 1983 and as a book project manager at National Geographic from 2007 to 2009. Between and since, he has worked independently writing stories for the Washington Post, Smithsonian magazine's website, Historic Preservation, and many other periodicals. Some of his more technology and manufacturing stories have appeared in Electric Perspectives, American Gas, Chemical Process Safety Report, McGraw-Hill's Federal Technology Report, and Cutting Tool Engineering. He is the former editor of Military Heritage magazine.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Advanced Polymer Cantilever Chair
- Boson Chair
- Buttercup Chair
- Cikrak Chair
- Corallo Chair
- Decompression Space Chair
- Dora Chair
- Facett Chair
- Flow Chair
- Flower Offering Chair
- Fresh Fat Chair
- Glide Chair
- Lazy Chair
- MT Series
- Muu Chair
- Osorom
- Sfera Chair
- Stradivarius Chair
- Supernatural Chair
- Tilt Resin Chair
- Topografi
- Calder's Table
- Float Table
- Low Down Table
- Not So Soft Table and Chairs
- Origami Table
- Shell Table
- Solid Series
- Laurel Bench
- Park Lane Bench
- Rocks
- Swiss Benches or Los Bancos Suizos
- Aspen Sofa
- Comet Sofa
- Crescent Moon Sofa
- Fritz Sofa
- Iso Sofa System
- Trix Sofa
- Vero Sofa
- Marshmellow
- Sputnik Desk
- Lo-Borg Cabinet
- Boogie Woogie Shelving System
- Exploding Log Shelving Unit
- Layout Bookcase
- Three-A Shelving Project
- Paper softwall
- Davos Bed
- Lublin Daybed
- Landscape 05 Chaise
- Contributors
