Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. & FREE International Shipping to Singapore on orders over $125.Unlimited reading anytime, anywhere, with one app. Learn more Now I Sit Me Down: From Klismos to Plastic Chair: A Natural History FREE Shipping on orders over . Chairs by Architects FREE Shipping on orders over . “This is a book to savor in a favorite chair. Maybe you’ll even find the one you’re sitting in reflected in its pages: Now I Sit Me Down is charmingly illustrated with postage-stamp-size images of many of the chairs discussed―all drawn with obvious care by the author.” ―Henry Petroski, The Wall Street Journal “Rybczynski adds another delightful volume to an already impressive shelf of books notable for formidable learning worn lightly and an infectious fascination with the way we craft the built environment . . .

His prose has the engagingly conversational tone of an accomplished lecturer. You needn’t be a student of architecture or design to enjoy Now I Sit Me Down, but you will certainly come away knowing a lot more about the practices and principles that shaped chairs throughout history.” ―Wendy Smith, The Boston Globe The book is a slim, insightful introduction to the piece of furniture that shapes not only the way we sit, but the way we live, too.” ―Mark Medley, The Globe and Mail “Whether describing the Egyptian stool or its surprising descendant, the Hollywood director’s chair, Rybczynski elegantly sums up the social trends and technological innovations that have conspired to change the way we sit . . . There is a tactile quality to the writing.” ―Amanda Kolsen Hurley, Architect Magazine "[Rybczynski is] a refreshing voice on the design writing scene.” ―MiChelle Jones, The Dallas Morning News “With wit, scholarship and perspective, Witold Rybczynski's history of chairs and how we use them is a pure delight.” ―Shelf Awareness(starred review)

"Who knew sitting was so complicated? Rybczynski . . . has a special knack for making everyday objects and ideas seem captivating, in part because he places them in a larger historical narrative. In his telling, the chair becomes a seemingly immortal character traveling, Forest Gump-like, through the vicissitudes of our shared history.” ―Doug Childers, Richmond Times-Dispatch “The chair becomes anything but everyday in Rybczynski’s discerning history . . . A worthy addition to Rybczynski’s well-regarded oeuvre, this cultured examination should be read in one’s favorite reading chair.” ―Booklist (starred review) “Rybczynski is totally engaging in this smoothly flowing, sharp, witty narrative―another winner from a top-notch writer on design.” ―Kirkus Reviews “[A] detailed and comprehensive history of the chair . . . .Rybczynski’s relentless curiosity is easily transferred to the reader as he astutely zeroes in on the details of what makes a chair design special or significant.

This latest contribution from Rybczynski serves as further evidence that he is one of the best writers on design working today.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) Witold Rybczynski is a writer and an emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of How Architecture Works and Mysteries of the Mall and has written about architecture and design for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Slate. table and chair rental rancho cucamonga caAmong his award-winning books are Home,The Most Beautiful House in the World, and A Clearing in the Distance, which won the J. Anthony Lukas Prize. chiavari chair rental cheap los angelesHe is the winner of the 2007 Vincent Scully Prize and the 2014 Design Mind Award from the National Design Awards. pedicure chairs for sale on ebay

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You will in a new way if you read this book. History takes... a seat. The chain's history | an interesting history of the development of chairs | Not his best work | Few illustrations and no photos | Most Recent Customer Reviews Search Customer Reviews Set up an Amazon Giveaway Learn more about Amazon Giveaway What other items do customers buy after viewing this item? Home: A Short History of an Idea How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit See and discover other items: architectural history Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Turku, Finland Bent plywood, bent laminated birch, and solid birch 26 x 23 3/4 x 34 1/2" (66 x 60.3 x 87.6 cm) Gift of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. There are 9,583 design works online. There are 649 furniture and interiors online. Admired as much for its sculptural presence as for its comfort, the Paimio Chair is a tour de force in bentwood that seems to test the limits of plywood manufacturing. The chair's framework consists of two closed loops of laminated wood, forming arms, legs, and floor runners, between which rides the seat—a thin sheet of plywood tightly bent at both top and bottom into sinuous scrolls, giving it greater resiliency.

Inspired by Marcel Breuer's tubular-steel Wassily Chair of 1927—28, Aalto chose, instead, native birch for its natural feel and insulating properties, and developed a more organic form. The Paimio Chair, the best-known piece of furniture designed by Aalto, is named for the town in southwestern Finland for which Aalto designed a tuberculosis sanatorium and all its furnishings. Used in the patients' lounge, the angle of the back of this armchair was intended to help sitters breathe more easily. Aalto's bentwood furniture had a great influence on the American designers Charles and Ray Eames and the Finnish-born Eero Saarinen. In 1935 the Artek company was established in Finland to mass-produce and distribute wood furniture designed by Aalto and his wife, Aino. Most of their designs remain in production. from The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA Highlights, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, revised 2004, originally published 1999 If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA's collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, and press releases), please contact