Álvaro Castro

This book compiles the work of more than 20 professionals, including designers, professors, architects and historians, who are participating in this fascinating volume telling the story of 101 chairs. Ana Domínguez Siemens, Mauricio Wiesenthal, Rosina Gómez-Baeza, Isabel Campi and Daniel Giralt-Miracle survey the history of the most famous chairs, from the most avant-garde to the humblest designs. Each chair has its own story, and they all have a place here, even those whose design is not the most important feature. It is a compendium of anecdotes and stories around chairs to spotlight the fact that they are essential objects, among other reasons because, as Alessandro Mendini claims, “while the chair works, the man rests.