A history of chairs from ancient times to modern day, this book contains illustrations of hundreds of chairs. Rather than try to present a range of historically and aesthetically representative chairs, our approach was to create a bold, simple cover that would capture the essential qualities of a chair. Playing off the straightforward title, we chose a chair with a historically iconic shape and silhouetted it against white. On the back, a chair of similarly evocative modern form completes the picture and suggests the story told in the pages between the covers.

“The use of one chair and simple typography creates a strong statement.”