Furniture

This beautifully illustrated book of avant-garde art furniture design highlights a generation of creators whose energy and vision made a break with the past. Profiled here are Mark Brazier-Jones, Franck Evennou, Elizabeth Garouste, Marco de Gueltzl,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993231636Author Harry PearceFormat HardbackPage Count 282Imprint Unit EditionsPublisher Unit EditionsWeight(grams) 1080g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988400177Author Jody GayleFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Publications of the PastPublisher Publications of the PastWeight(grams)...

Basic, step-by-step instructions for building a comb-back Windsor chair, using traditional methods. With the simplest of hand tools and a lathe, even the amateur can produce a beautiful chair. Each step is illustrated and the patterns for the parts are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789606878374Author Virginia MatseliFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Kapon EditionsPublisher Kapon Editions

‘There have been many books about Herman Miller, its ethos, designers, and furniture, but none as comprehensive as this.’ – Interior Design The acclaimed chronicle of the rich history of this innovative furniture company, from its founding in the early...

This comprehensive yet highly browsable reference offers concise definitions, clear line drawings, and photographs of the elements and features that make up American furniture of all types. Written by an expert furniture maker and woodworker with over 50...

The cooperation of Trix and Robert Haussmann with the Roethlisberger carpenters, which started in 1979, yielded numerous successful experiments in artistic and handcrafted furniture. Not comparable to furniture from the retail store, these exclusive...

What makes a classic piece of furniture? Which living design is timelessly popular and always contemporary - and why? Aesthetic quality as a function of clarity of design, rigorous color and styling are just as important as the durability of high quality...

Blu Dot is an American pioneer of democratic design. Founded and run by its principal designer and with the mission of making the best design accessible to the most people the brand is celebrated for minimal, innovative, and modern furniture that is...

When the inscription "Made by Nathan Lumbard Apl 20th 1800" was found in the late 1980s on a chest of drawers, the identity of an unknown craftsman suddenly surfaced. Crafting Excellence introduces the striking achievements of cabinetmaker...

There is nothing quite like a hot, crackling fire on a cold, snowy night. Use this new book as a reference guide to create your dream fireplace, be it contemporary or a more conservative, classic design. Step-by-step instructions will walk you through...

An Assembly of Iconic, Forgotten and New Vitra Characters During Milan's Design Week 2018, the Vitra exhibition "Typecasting," curated by Robert Stadler, presented 200 objects in the former sports hall La Pelota in the city's Brera district. In...

"Abandoned, forgotten form is reborn in the arms of an all-embracing nature, an envelope within which the origin of the human being, of a society gives us a sensibility, a presence of a fertility." - Vincent Dubourg A graduate of the Ecole nationale...

The modern interior design movement was well underway when artists Erwine and Edwina Laverne started their modest printed textiles and wallpaper business in New York City. By 1944 they had invented Marbelia wallcoverings and went on to develop the...

Once confined to backwoods cabins and hunting lodges, rustic furniture is being recognized today for its primitive ingenuity and beauty. Craftspeople around the country are recapturing the techniques and visions of earlier craftsmen who recognized the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788794102568Author Anne BlondFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Strandberg PublishingPublisher Strandberg Publishing

“It was simple furniture ... and we were makers of it.”"In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers and his partner Marjorie Butcher opened their business, Makers of Simple Furniture, in London. Until 1940, the company produced hundreds of ingenious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988111551Author Zoë RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Concordia University PressPublisher Concordia University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967041477Author GestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

A lavish volume celebrating the centenary of McMillen, the storied American interior design firm The story of McMillen is the story of American interior design. From humble beginnings in a townhouse on New York City’s East 55th St. in 1924, McMillen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782370741967Author Anne BonyFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Editions Skira ParisPublisher Editions Skira Paris

A unique and comprehensive resource for student and professional furniture designers, providing in-depth answers to their questions about aesthetics, function, materials, manufacturing and sustainability. In this second edition Stuart Lawson emphasizes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788887029864Author Nicholas CullinanFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Fondazione PradaPublisher Fondazione PradaWeight(grams) 1293g