Edited by Mateo Kries, Henrike Büscher, Jochen Eisenbrand. Texts by Mateo Kries, Henrike Büscher, Jochen Eisenbrand, Fulvio Ferrari, Otakar Máčel, Jane Pavitt, Ingeborg de Roode, Arthur Rüegg, Deyan Sudjic, Wolf Tegethoff, Carsten Thau and Kjeld Vindum, Gerald W.R. Ward, among others.
...this 1,000-page compendium documents 1,740 objects made by 546
furniture designers over the past 230 years -- from chairs by
Marcel Breuer to Ikea's Billy bookshelf -- through time lines,
biographies, infographics, and more.-- "New York Magazine:
Strategist"
[An] uber comprehensive tome dedicated to the history of modern
furnishings...--Rachel Gallager "Gray"
[A] comprehensive overview on the history of furniture design...--
"Buisness of Furniture"
[A]n A-Z compendium of the most iconic 1,700 plus objects designed
by 550 designers...--Wolff Natasha "Forbes"
Never before have stools and sideboards teemed with so much
life.--Hunker Dukes "Aesthetica"
The contribution, which outlines the development of the design
discipline between 1973 and 2017, provides essential context to the
tome's comprehensive survey of 1,740 objects of modern
design.--Samuel Medina "Metropolis"
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