10 chairs / Kinderbuch Englisch / Dominique Ehrhard

Ein Meisterwerk aus Papier. 

Das Buch ist ebenso auf Französisch verfügbar. 

Für alle Altersgruppen. 

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This pop-up book by French artist Dominique Ehrhard is a showpiece of contemporary paper engineering; its mechanical ingenuity and filigreed precision are enchanting. The book presents ten timeless chairs and armchairs of the 20th and 21st centuries. Even in paper miniature form, they appear not as playful luxury objects but as well-made furniture, each with its own special way of uniting beauty, elegance, functionality and everyday suitability. The last five pages briefly introduce the “inventors” of these magical chairs: from Thonet to Le Corbusier to Mendini. Many of these are multi-talented creators who worked as furniture makers, carpenters, architects, or designers, and sometimes all in one. The book hails from avant-garde publisher Les Grandes Personnes and kick-starts a new chapter in art history for readers of all ages, in a striking and compact format. It certainly earned the Grand Prix du Jury de la nuit du livre it received in 2017.

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In this little 3D book you will find 10 iconic chairs of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from Thonet’s Rocking Chair No.10 (1880) to Mendini’s Proust Armchair (1978). Among others, discover Mackintosh’s elegant High-backed Chair (1902), Rietveld’s Red Blue Chair (1923), and Le Corbusier’s famous LC2 Armchair (1928).

DOMINIC EHRHARD‘s delightful and ingenious format is just like a pocket museum : once you’ve explored inside, you’ll never look at a chair in the same way again !
Awarded the Grand Prix du Jury at La Nuit du Livre, 2017.

© Les Grandes Personnes.