The Modern Chair: Classic Designs by Thonet, Breuer, Le Corbusier, Eames and Others

There is good information and interesting background information about the individual designers. What I found most interesting was the little details of the processes in the design. Unfortunately, the photos are not the best and the publishing quality of the book layout is frankly poor. It could have been much better, but for me a good addition to my library of chair design.

The book is not as good as it's title suggests. It's made of a kind of recycled paper of recycled paper (yeah, twice recycled). It looks old and poor. The content is also very poor, two pictures, and no more than 200 words to describe each chair. I expected more. I'm still looking for a nice designed, well presented, well manufactured book about bauhaus design, with worth of information to read. Don't waste your money.

its alright a little dated in photos and wording

The two previous reviews are just in certain ways: The quality of the photographs is often not high, and all the photographs are black-and-white. (Unlike what one reviewer said, however, there are often more than two photographs per chair; furthermore, in all cases there are drawings--sometimes several--highlighting the chair's structure.) The quality of the paper is not top-notch. The choice of chairs included--and excluded--is sometimes rather idiosyncratic.On the other hand, the author was himself a sculptor and furniture designer and the text provides interesting insight into the aesthetic, structural, and problem-solving features of the chairs. True, the descriptions are often brief, but they give a furniture designer's views of these chairs, and I felt I gained insights into these classics that I'd not gotten elsewhere.

ce livre est très bien conçu, très agréable à lire et complet. Il permet d'enrichir sa connaissance sur le design du vingtième siècle