Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #270954 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03-15
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Journal of Design History
"As a trained Alexander Technique teacher and a Professor of Architecture at Berkeley, [Cranz] is well placed to consider the requirements we place on our furniture and its ability to fulfil them...[a] well-argued critique of chair design and the ways in which we sit."

Scientific & Medical Network
"A fascinating and original book...Of special interest to anyone professionally involved with backs and posture, but a book from which we can all benefit."

The Architectural Review
"This is an interesting book charting the influences, historical, social and ergonomic, on the design and evolution of the chair, from its primitive beginnings to the current day...a fascinating read."

Customer Reviews

Reader from Institute of Design
This book is very good in term of research in design. Especially, the author critiques the past designed chair. Hopefully, we should have more research on chair design.

Exciting as a novel
I'm delighted with "The Chair" and am telling everyone I talk to about how it is as exciting as a novel to read. Jane Heirich, Alexander teacher

Bringing to life the everyday
Galen Cranz has brought to life an everyday object that is so common we have stopped noticing it. Her insights into the history of the chair and to the effect of current designs upon our bodies wakes the reader up to the intelligence and motives that have gone into the designs that literally have shaped our bodies and changed our experiences. I highly enjoyed this book and the insights that it gave me. Robert Britton