
A comprehensive design resource that reveals how the iconic chairs of the 20th and 21st centuries have been designed for mass production. Chair Anatomy reveals in photos and illustrations the form and the construction details - the anatomy - of a selection of nearly sixty chairs...

From offices to dining tables, lounging to working, chairs are ubiquitous pieces of design. Designers and architects, whose work revolves around space, comfort, and function, have grappled with making the perfect--or most unusual--chairs for centuries. Most chairs, however,...