A History of Seating, 3000 BC to 2000 Ad: Function Versus Aesthetics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781604977189)

The focus of this book is on functional seating, and the key argument presented is that functional seating needs to assist the person using it for the performance of seated tasks, enhance rather than detract from the person's posture and health, and it needs to provide aesthetic features that do not limit task or health. The book spans the period 3000BC to 2000AD and presents largely Western seating. This book is unique in its approach to seating because it draws together evidence that relates to seating that facilitates health and task while also addressing aesthetic factors. This evidence creates an understanding of how seats may be designed to not only promote bodily health but also allow functional optimisation of sitting and seating. This book is important to furniture and industrial designers, interior decorators, architects, those teaching seat design, health professionals attending and educating those who relax or work in the seated position, furniture historians, and members of the general public interested in the history of seating.

Author: Jenny Pynt, Joy Higgs
ISBN-10: 1604977183
ISBN-13: 9781604977189
Publisher: Cambria Press
Language: English
Published: 09/08/2010
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.66lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 350