history of design

1. MODERN FURNITURE CLASSIC
PRODUCT TYPE
HISTORY/ERA
CHAIR WARDROBE / CABINET
/ BOOKCASE
DIVIDER SCREEN /
SCREEN
Arts and Crafts WalnutRush - Seated
Chair(pp20)
Date : c 1900
Designer : Walter
Cave (1863-1939)
Description :
This chair is
wonderfully organic in
restrained Arts and
Crafts way. This chair
shows a little of
Voysey’s influence
because the designer
was working with
fellow English
Architect.
WalnutWardrobe
(pp39)
Date : c 1925
Designer : PeterVan
Der Waals(1870-1937)
Description:
The maker appreciate
his material by using
wood to form a
decorative effect. The
wardrobe is of framed
construction and the
lenons are left exposed
on the base.
WalnutVeneeredThree-
FoldScreen(pp21)
Date : c 1901
Designer : George Logan
(1866-1939)
Madeby : Wylie &
Lockhead,Glasgow
Description :
This divider screen show
it luxurious decoration
with delicate application
of silver, mother-of-
pearl, red amethyst and
turquoise.
Arts Nouveau DeskChair(pp67)
Date : c 1902
Designer : BrunoPaul
(1874-1968)
Madeby : Vereinigte
Werkstatten,Munich
Description :
The most striking
features of his ash
wood chair are the
strong fluid line and
the distinctive back
support, which make
additional decoration.
Mahogany Wardrobe
(pp53)
Date : c 1900
Designer : George de
Feure (1868-1928)
Description :
Each of the cabinet
corners and the base
are carved with plant
motif. The designer
made appreciate
nature to his work.
CarvedWalnutScreen
(pp61)
Date : c 1901
Designer : JohanThorn-
Prikker(1868-1932)
Madeby : J C Altorf
Description :
This divider was
designed togetherwitha
crib, for his patron, Dr
Leuring, to
commemorate birth of
his first child.

2. Modernism WassilyArmchair
(pp85)
Date : c 1925
Designer : Marcel
Breuer(1902-1981)
Madeby : Gavina,
Milan
Description :
The design was
inspiredfroma bicycle
and a cube. This chair
is one of the most
enduring tubular
metal and leathers
chairs in production.
DressingCabinet
(pp107)
Date : 1932
Designer : EileenGray
(1879-1976)
Description :
The design was based
on storage needs. The
drawers and door have
no appliedhandles,just
cut-out holes.
X
Art Deco ElbowChair(pp149)
Date : 1934
Designer : Russel
Wright(1904-1976)
Madeby : Attributed
to Heywood-
Wakefield,USA
Description :
The designer
adovocateda more
informal approachto
domesticlivingand
wide variety.
Girrafe Cabinet(pp119)
Date : 1915
Designer : RogerFry
(1886-1934)
Madeby : J J
Kallenborn&Sons,
London
Description :
The creative freedom,
thus removing
expectationofaspecific
experimentation. The
marquentry tecniques
suits the semi-cubist
style.
Three-FoldScreen
(pp139)
Date : 1929
Designer : Donald
Deskey(1894-1989)
Description :
Thisscreenwas
designedforthe dining
room.Unusually,eachof
the canvas-coveredfolds
isa different-sized
rectangle,which results
ina steppedonline.
Mid-Century
Modern
Womb Chair(pp156)
Date : 1946
Designer:Euron
Saarinen(1910-1961)
Made by : Knoll
Description :
The organic
modernism is well
illustrated on this
design. Made from
plastic and fiberglass.
‘Architettura’Bureau/
Cabinet(pp164)
Date : 1951
Designer:Gio Ponti
(1891-1979) and Piero
Fornasetti (1913-1988)
Description :
Resembling a giant
doll’s house, this
cabinet decorated in
monochrome and
raised on four tapering
legs.
Four-FoldLacquered
Screen(pp169)
Date : 1953
Designer:Piero
Fornasetti (1913-1988)
Made by : Gavina,Milan
Description :
The panels are silk-
screenprintedincolours
again a white
background and give a
panoramic view of hot-
air balloons.

3. Pop RibbonChair(pp189)
Date : 1965
Designer : Pierre
Paulin(b.1927)
Madeby : Artifort,
Netherlands
Description :
This chair curves, dips
and folds to unite at a
central support and
stand. Covering with
rubber sheeting and
foam-rubber padding.
X
Carton Room
Divider(pp188)
Date : 1964
Designer : Ettore
ScottsassJnr (b.1917)
Madeby : Renzo
Brugalo,Milan
Description :
This ‘Mobile de Torre’
(Tower Furniture) does
not comply with
conventional rectangular
form. The geometric
structure stands with a
mixture of solid.
Postmodernism ‘Nirvana’Armchair
(pp214)
Date : 1981
Designer : Shigeru
Uchida (b.1943)
Madeby : Chairs
Tokyo
Description :
Its seat represents the
sacred space. The
upper is clinically
modernist with its
tubular steel. The legs
are united by cross-
stretchers.
Audio-VisualCabinet
(pp220)
Date : c 1986
Designer : DavidLinley
(b.1961) andMatthew
Rice (datesunknown)
Description :
The base is
approximately one
thirdof the whole,thus
complying with the
classical, ‘golden
section’ theory of
proportion.
X

4. Into the
Millennium
FeltChair(pp250)
Date : 1994
Designer : Marc
Newson(b.1962)
Madeby : Cappellini,
Italy
Description :
Most unusually the
fiberglass-reinforced
polyester shell curves
back and under to
form the supports.
This highlighted the
trapped space
beneath the seat.
One Way or Another
Bookcase (pp248)
Date : 1993
Designer : Ron Arad(b.
1951)
Madeby : One off
Limited,Londonand
Marzorati Ronchetti
Srl,Italy
Description :
This bookcase is quite
different to unit
furniture, which can
only be added to with
repeats of the same
geometric shape.
X
The Art of
Furniture
Slice Chair(pp256)
Date : 2000
Designer : Mathias
Bengtsson(b.1971)
Description :
A chair of contrast,
technically advanced
with each layer
computerized laser
and finished by hand.
It is anthropomorphic
nature that makesthis
chair so special.
FigLeaf Wardrobe
(pp264)
Date : 2008
Designer : Tord Boontje
(b.1968)
Made by : Meta
Description :
The leavesare attached
to forged iron tracery
withincorporatesapair
of sliding doors that
gently roll back.
PerishedScreen(pp260)
Date : 2006
Designer : JobSmeets
(b.1970) andNynke
Tynagel (b.1977)
Made by : StudioJob
Description :
This screen made in a
limited edition of six.
Precision-cutwithalaser
to enchance a strong
graphic nature of the
decoration.