About This Items
- This is a sequel to "A New Book of Disassembling Masterpiece Chairs" (published in 2020). The book introduces in detail the processes of disassembly, assembly, and seat reupholstering of chairs called "masterpiece chairs" such as the Red and Blue Chair and Tonette No. 14, as well as chairs designed by famous designers such as Finn Juhl and Eames, with photographs (*Disassembly only, disassembly and assembly, removing fabric (leather) upholstery, etc., depending on the chair). (*Depending on the chair, disassembly only, disassembly and assembly, removal of fabric (leather) upholstery, etc.).
- While introducing these processes, the characteristics of each chair, its structure, and the thoughts of the designers will be explored.
- 1) What kind of techniques are used: joining methods, how to make it strong, how to make the best use of the design, and how to make use of hidden parts that cannot be seen from the outside.
- 2) Advantages and disadvantages
- 3) Materials: types of wood and metal used, contents of upholstery (cotton, cloth, horsehair, urethane, etc.), etc.
- 4) What is the designer's philosophy behind the chair? How did the chair come into being?
- 5) Chairs (19 chairs)
- The Red and Blue Chair (Gerrit Thomas Rietveld)
- Vasily Chair [Marcel Breuer].
- Thonet No. 14
- Chief Tin chair [Finn Juhl].
- BO59 chair [Finn Juhl
- Diplomat chair [Finn Juhl
- PP124 chair [Hans J. Wegner].
- Minibear chair [Hans J. Wegner
- PK31 Poul Kjærholm
- 402 Armchair
- Ingvar Ekström: Llamino Chair
- Gothenburg Chair [Erik Gunnar Asplund].
- Cab chair [Mario Bellini].
- Eames Lounge Chair [Eames].
- Aluminium Group Chair [Eames].
- Model 72 [Eero Saarinen].
- Yamaha Bunka Chair [Nippon Rakuki Manufacturing Co.
- Kotobuki side chair [Sori Yanagi].
- Curved Bamboo
- Translated with DeepL.com (free version)