.03 Maarten van Severen; T88A/Tafel1988 Maarten van Severen; AT92/A Table Maarten van Severen; LC 95A/Low Chair 1993-95 Maarten van Severen; Biography Maarten van Severen

Abstract

The »Atlas of Furniture Design« is a new comprehensive overview on the history of modern furniture design. The publication includes works by the most significant designers of the past 230 years and documents all important stages of design history.
Mateo Kries, director of the Vitra Design Museum and co-editor of the publication, explains: »The publication is set up to provide a new comprehensive outline for scholars of furniture design by considering the latest academic research, questioning extant knowledge, and giving top experts a platform to share their ideas. The book touches on a range of subjects spanning the beginnings of industrialization to digitalization, which is becoming increasingly influential in contemporary furniture design.«