The Danish Chair

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Publisher : Strandberg
ISBN 13 : 9788793604315
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Danish Chair written by and published by Strandberg. This book was released on 2018-12-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents 110 Danish chairs and charts their success at home and abroad from the mid-20th century until the present day In the mid-20th century design became a cultural phenomenon that placed Denmark on the world map. Danish Design emerged in 1949 as a real brand, when American journalists started to write about Danish furniture in relation to a furniture exhibition by Snedkerlauget in Copenhagen. 'Den runde stol' made by Hans. J. Wegner was given the name 'The Chair'. This was not only the beginning of a great export adventure but also a challenge for the Danish designers, who became world recognized for their obsession with creating the perfect chair. The chair has always been the touchstone of designers and the design historians' favourite object. It touches and reflects the body it carries with arms, legs, seat and back. Besides this point, the chair is one of our most culture-bearing design objects and it tells a story about the period and the society from which it was created. In a very unique way this book shows, not just in words but also with drawings and photos how Danish chairs are built on historical furniture types, which are then refined into the infinite. The message and the explanation for the international success of Danish furniture is this; Danish furniture design is based on foreign culture and the best creations of former times.

Author : Noritsugu Oda
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811822572
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Danish Chairs written by Noritsugu Oda and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts and describes more than two hundred examples of twentieth century Danish chair design

Author : Christian Holmsted
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788792596628
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Danish Chair written by Christian Holmsted and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rolf Schütze
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Modern Danish Furniture written by Rolf Schütze and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christian Holmsted Olesen
Publisher : Hatje Cantz Pub
ISBN 13 : 9783775738095
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wegner written by Christian Holmsted Olesen and published by Hatje Cantz Pub. This book was released on 2014 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magnificent monograph celebrating the one hundredth birthday of legendary Danish furniture designer, Hans J. Wegner. The name Hans J. Wegner is synonymous with his iconic chair designs, which helped to popularise mid-century Danish design on an international scale. With more than 500 creations, Wegner's appreciation for natural materials and traditional building techniques makes his designs both beautiful and timeless.

Author : Lars Dybdahl
Publisher : Strandberg
ISBN 13 : 9788793604124
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Furniture Boom written by Lars Dybdahl and published by Strandberg. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated presentation of Danish Mid-Century furniture classics and the iconic designers who created them Danish design plays an important part in what has come to be known as the Mid- Century Modern style. Timeless furniture pieces, such as the Hans J. Wegner's Y-Chair and Finn Juhl's Chieftain Chair, influenced designers all over the world and are still considered classics. This book is the first to present an overview of the furniture created by Danish designers and architects, in the period between 1945-1975, tracing the movement from beginning to end. Design history expert Lars Dybdahl provides thorough descriptions and analyses of particular furniture pieces, never failing to situate them within a historical and cultural context. The book is richly illustrated, showcasing the aesthetic development from post-war Denmark to the swinging sixties and seventies.

Author : Andrew Hollingsworth
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423613597
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Danish Modern written by Andrew Hollingsworth and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For serious furniture collectors, Danish is more than a pastry-it's an art form. Twentieth century Danish furniture design is simple and clean., mixes well with other design styles, and has an inherent value and history beyond its beauty. In Modern Danish, Andrew Hollingsworth explores the history of Danish design, from the earliest cabinetmakers' guilds in the 1770s through the impact of two world wars, and its evolution into the twentieth century. The book includes photographic surveys of Danish Modern furniture in homes across the Unites States; a market guide with tips, facts and resources that includes discussions of veneer vs. solid wood, places to find Danish Modern furniture, and a guide to caring for it; and an extensive resource section.

Author : Judith Gura
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393731514
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sourcebook of Scandinavian Furniture written by Judith Gura and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CD-ROM contains: printable JPEG files of all the images in the book.

Author : Michael A. Sheridan
Publisher : Gregory R Miller & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780974364889
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Furniture of Poul Kjærholm written by Michael A. Sheridan and published by Gregory R Miller & Co. This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Hanne Kjaeholm. Text by Michael Sheridan.

Author : Maggie Taft
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022655046X
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chieftain and the Chair written by Maggie Taft and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023-05-22 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of how Danish design rose to prominence in the postwar United States, becoming shorthand for stylish modern comfort. Today, Danish Modern design is synonymous with clean, midcentury cool. During the 1950s and ‘60s, it flourished as the furniture choice for Americans who hoped to signal they were current and chic. But how did this happen? How did Danish Modern become the design movement of the times? In The Chieftain and the Chair, Maggie Taft tells the tale of our love affair with Danish Modern design. Structured as a biography of two iconic chairs—Finn Juhl’s Chieftain Chair and Hans Wegner’s Round Chair, both designed and first fabricated in 1949—this book follows the chairs from conception and fabrication through marketing, distribution, and use. Drawing on research in public and private archives, Taft considers how political, economic, and cultural forces in interwar Denmark laid the foundations for the postwar furniture industry, and she tracks the deliberate maneuvering on the part of Danish creatives and manufacturers to cater to an American market. Taft also reveals how American tastemakers and industrialists were eager to harness Danish design to serve American interests and how furniture manufacturers around the world were quick to capitalize on the fad by flooding the market with copies. Sleek and minimalist, Danish Modern has experienced a resurgence of popularity in the last few decades and remains a sought-after design. This accessible and engaging history offers a unique look at its enduring rise among tastemakers.