Describing his 100 chairs in 100 days project
Category: books about chairs
A Book with Torturing Chairs
Torture Device Coloring Book.
Erik Ruhling is author of the book Infernal Device: Machinery of Torture & Execution, a visual history of such devices as the Iron Maiden, Guillotine, Tongue Tearer, and Ear Chopper. I’ve just discovered that Ruhling also created The Torture Device Coloring Book. It’s available for download for $3.44 or as a print-on-demand from Lulu for $8.85. The 20 drawings are accompanied by a rhyme. Sounds like more fun than a barrel of rabid monkeys!
via Boing Boing
1000 Chairs Special Edition
1000 Chairs – TASCHEN’s 25th anniversary – Special edition!
More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designers. The particular curve of a back-rest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the colour of the entire artefact all reflect the stylistic consciousness of each era. From Gerrit Rietveld and Alvar Aalto via Verner Panton to Eva Zeisel; from Art Nouveau to International Style, from Pop Art to Postmodernism, the phenomenon of the chair is so complex that it requires a reference work as comprehensive as this to do it full justice. They are all here: Thonet’s bentwood chairs and Hoffmann’s sitting-machines, Marcel Breuer’s Wassily chair and Ron Arad’s avant garde armchairs. The book, a slightly abbreviated version of our classic title 1000 Chairs, devotes one page to each chair, displayed on its own as pure form, with biographical and historical information about the chairs and their designers. A special treat for anyone who loves design and a must for collectors!
via TASCHEN Books: 1000 Chairs
Istanbul Street Bench: Sit on a Book for a change
On a recent trip to Istanbul I discovered this street bench in book form. Here you can sit on a book and read a book.
How to construct a Rietveld chair
A chair lover shouldn’t be without this book.