Chair Anatomy: Design and Construction

A unique resource for students, professionals, and the design- obsessed, that reveals how the iconic chairs of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have been designed for mass production

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, are not one- offs but are manufac...