Once Upon a Chair: Furniture Beyond the Icon
October 19, 2009 | Levent OZLER
A global up-to-the-minute survey of contemporary furniture and interior design a reference to the Zeitgeist and the best designers today.
Furnish: Edition 2010 is a detailed international survey of current trends and developments in furniture and interior design.
Following in the footsteps of the highly successful Furnish book, it brings together a collection of work by the world s best young designers, capturing the zeitgeist of this rigorous field.
Furnish: Edition 2010 examines several key trends indicating a recognisable shift towards progressive design that makes a social impact designers are collaborating with artisans to revive the tradition of craft, elevating it to new levels of luxury.
A conscious effort to produce sustainable design is also evident where designers are not only working with environmentally friendly material and production methods but creating furnishings that are durable and made to last.
The book further explores how designers are focusing more on process-driven and storytelling concepts to create furniture systems that are flexible, crafted in a collage-like manner or even decorative objects that serve as interior installations.
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