
This title in the series devoted to the work of contemporary British architects and designers concentrates on the work of Ron Arad, who designed the first concrete stereo system, made armchairs out of recycled carseats from old Rovers and turned a stack of bricklayers hods into...

Ron Arad has challenged the boundaries of design for almost twenty years. His furniture designs and interiors, and more recently his architecture, are constantly witty and, above all, accessible. His recycling of ancient car seats to make the Rover chair and his beds made out...

Describes the work of the furniture designer, and discusses the development of design and his place in it.

Ron Arad's design work has the energy of modern art -- that's why, since opening his workshop in the late 1970s, he has become one of the leading designers of his generation. By recycling ancient car seats to make the Rover chair, and using scaffolding to create a series of remarkable...