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Fifteen Lectures on Modern Furniture Design Methods<\/em><\/strong> takes an authoritative look at the representative works, methodologies, and expansive legacies of some of the world’s most influential creatives in modern furniture design. Richly illustrated with close to 400 full-color images, each of the essays profiles practitioners who have integrated an interdisciplinary mindset with outstanding craftsmanship. The authors, both experts in the field of modern furniture design, technology, and innovation, present a comprehensive collection of works by 32 luminaries, such as Alvar Aalto, Jacques Bisson, Le Corbusier, Ray and Charles Eames, Shiro Kuramata, André Masson, Alessandro Mendini, Mies van der Rohe, Gerrit Rietveld, Eero Saarinen, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, Ilmari Tapiovaara, and many others. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fifteen Lectures on Modern Furniture Design Methods takes an authoritative look at the representative works, methodologies, and legacies of some of the world’s most influential creatives in modern furniture design.
Preface 1
\nPreface 2
\nIntroduction: Principles, Inspirations, and Techniques of Modern Furniture Design
\nChapter 1: Rietveld: Modern Furniture
\nChapter 2: Breuer Mies, and Le Corbusier: Steel Pipes Furniture
\nChapter 3: Aalto, Mathsson, and Mollino: Plywood Furniture
\nChapter 4: Prouve: Metal Furniture
\nChapter 5: Jacobsen and Juhl: Art and Formal Beauty
\nChapter 6: Eames and Saarinen: The Experimental Revolution of Creative Masters
\nChapter 7: Nelson: Let the Modulus Determine Modern Office Furniture
\nChapter 8: Wegner, Tapiovaara, and Axelsson: From Tradition to Innovation
\nChapter 9: Panton, Paulin, and Mourgue: Geometry and Color
\nChapter 10: Sottsass, Mendini, and Shiro Kuramata: Fashion, Craftsmanship, and Creativity
\nChapter 11:Colombo and Aarnio: The Interweaving of All-round Inspiration and New Materials
\nChapter 12: Kukkapuro and Opsvik: Scientific Thinking Leads Design Creativity
\nChapter 13: Pesce and Starck: The Modeling Language of New Materials
\nChapter 14: From Arad to Newson: Sculpture and Furniture
\nChapter 15: From Morrison to Grcic: Pursuing the True Essence of Design in the New Era
\nBibliography
\nEpilogue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":62974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5554],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62973","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-design","7":"author-by-author-an-shun","8":"author-by-author-fang-hai","9":"publisher-the-images-publishing-group","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFifteen Lectures on Modern Furniture Design Methods - 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