50 Fabulous Chairs Design

50 Fabulous Chairs: Create One-Of-A-Kind Decorator Showpieces from Everyday Chairs




With just a little paint or a new fabric seat cover, boring old chairs can look like they came from an expensive decorator boutique. This new title makes it easy for anyone to transform orphaned chairs, wornout family hand-me-downs, flea market finds and unfinished furniture into designer showpieces.

It contains 50 innovative ideas for creating one-of-a-kind furnishings while saving money on redecorating. Rich, full-color photographs illustrate the clear, step-by-step instructions making it easy to complete even the most complex design. Complete how-to's are also included to explain all the techniques needed to finish the colorful projects.

When Fashion Meets Interior Design

Wear Your Chair: When Fashion Meets Interior Design


Design has become our means of personal expression, whether we're buying Martha Stewart sheets at K-Mart, lining up for the latest Air Jordan sneakers or Manolo Blahnik pumps, or driving a Mini Cooper to our Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired house. Wear Your Chair is dedicated to the proposition that all design disciplines are created equal--and all of them should be fun. They also overlap.

The authors examine design history, trends, and ideas about creativity with the goal of expanding our understanding about how these overlaps work. We learn how influential designers work across many mediums and possess a design tool kit : a respect for the past, an understanding of technology, the pursuit of creative and collaborative solutions, and a willingness to keep learning. We see how design, function, and form--from light fixtures to packaging to shoes--is grounded in innovation as well as a respect for the past.

Aimed at design and fashion students as well as aficionados, this is a book about looking at the world without strict definitions--and about thinking outside of the box.

Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design

The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design


Drawing on anecdotes, literary references, and famous designs, Cranz documents an ongoing love affair with the chair. 90 illustrations. Featured on NPR's Fresh Air and in Metropolitan Home.