Furnitecture : furniture that transforms space
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Furnitecture : furniture that transforms space
AUTHOR:
Yudina, Anna.
ISBN:
9780500517765
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2015.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
271 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 19 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes index of designers.
ABSTRACT:
Presents a wave of designers who are applying architectural techniques to create innovative new furnishing options, including bookshelves that can dynamically divide and reshape a room, chairs that create intimate room-like enclosures, and self-contained, expandable kitchen cubes.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
1. Experimenting with structure. -- Frameworks -- Deconstruction -- Blocks & modules -- Stacks and towers -- Transformers -- Parametrics. 2. Furniture as micro-architecture. -- Fusion -- Space organizers -- Room in a room -- In-built -- Landscapes. 3. Synthesis. -- Macro-furniture -- Architectural shelving -- Partitions -- Plug-ins & add-ons -- Building blocks -- Multi-scale.
SUBJECT:
| Furniture design -- History -- 21st century. |
| Furniture design -- History -- 20th century. |
| Space (Architecture) |
BIBSUMMARY:
Presents a wave of designers who are applying architectural techniques to create innovative new furnishing options, including bookshelves that can dynamically divide and reshape a room, chairs that create intimate room-like enclosures, and self-contained, expandable kitchen cubes.--
1. Experimenting with structure. -- Frameworks -- Deconstruction -- Blocks & modules -- Stacks and towers -- Transformers -- Parametrics. 2. Furniture as micro-architecture. -- Fusion -- Space organizers -- Room in a room -- In-built -- Landscapes. 3. Synthesis. -- Macro-furniture -- Architectural shelving -- Partitions -- Plug-ins & add-ons -- Building blocks -- Multi-scale.