100 Midcentury Chairs: And Their Stories

by Lucy Ryder Richardson

Pull up a chair (or 100) for this midcentury design showcase. Here is a stylish guide to the top 100 most interesting, most controversial, or simply most beautiful chairs designed between 1930 and 1970. Get to know the designers of the Modern era, including the Eames, Jacobsen, Nakashima, Noguchi, Wegner, and many more, through their creative and unique chair designs. With notes on materials, manufacturers, and construction, entertaining quotes by designers and fans about each chair, a brief biography of each designer, the stories behind the designs, and even a ‘chair timeline’ showcasing the very best of European, Scandinavian, Japanese, and American design, 100 Midcentury Chairs And Their Stories is a must for Midcentury enthusiasts and design history fans everywhere.

Genres: Nonfiction, Design

208 pages, Hardcover

Published February 7, 2017

Reviews

[Maddie Pearson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was screaming my name. My favorite niche obsession, mid-century chairs, in book form! A great, simple listing of 100 iconic chairs from about 1930-1970 with detailed summaries and fun facts about each. The introduction was especially enlightening, giving us the juicy details as to why chairs are such statement items, and why we love them so much. I highly recommend this to anyone who appreciates mid-century modern furniture and design.

[Mark Fulk · Rating 5 out of 5]

I very much enjoyed this book. I think that many times those of us in literary studies/literary history talk about material culture but do not look at the materials that make up that culture. I read this book while traveling, and it was the perfect tome to delve in and out of on an airplane trip. There is so much visually and textually to love and enjoy about this text, and anyone interested in the mid-twentieth century in Europe or America (historical, literary, artistic, etc.) should definitely read and enjoy this text!