Furniture Design

The Swedish design partnership Claesson Koivisto Rune practise both architecture and design. The architectural projects in this monograph include private houses and interiors from Europe to North and South America, as well as larger buildings like the Sfera Building Culture House in Kyoto, Japan. The furniture and other product designs presented here are manufactured by over 30 international companies. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

In this book, the founder of Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers of Maine reflects on his long career and offers his thoughts on creativity, inspiration, and his design aesthetic. It gives an intimate look into the life and work of a pioneering craftsman, whose example shows that you can build a career working with your hands the old-fashioned way. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Highlights the furniture produced by the 20 most important American furniture designers of the 20th and early 21st centuries plus a selection of the best-known European designers whose work is sold by Knoll International and Herman Miller.

Covers the entire history of the company decade by decade, exploring all aspects of its evolution as well as the social and technological qualities of Kartell products.

Provides a history of the company, its collaborations with designers, and its products from its founding in 1938 to the 21st century.

Provides a comprehensive history of design and the company's work since its founding, featuring icons of modern furniture.

Explores the work of Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana, known for making furniture with everyday materials such as cardboard, rope, fabric and wood scraps, plastic tubes and aluminum wire.

Explains Rashid's varied approach to design (and life) through evocative, thought-provoking essays and lush, full-color treatments of his latest designs.

Explores the work of Philippe Stark, who considers it his duty to share his ethical and subversive vision of a fairer planet, and creates unconventional objects whose purpose is to be 'good' before being beautiful.

Browse the architecture, interiors and products of this Italian design star