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Yudina, Anna,

Furnitecture : furniture that transforms space / Anna Yudina. - London : Thomas and hudson, 2015. - 271 p. : ill. (chiefly color) ; 19 cm

Includes index of designers.

1. Experimenting with structure. -- Frameworks -- Deconstruction -- Blocks & modules -- Stacks and towers -- Transformers -- Parametrics. 2. Furniture as micro-architecture. -- Fusion -- Space organizers -- Room in a room -- In-built -- Landscapes. 3. Synthesis. -- Macro-furniture -- Architectural shelving -- Partitions -- Plug-ins & add-ons -- Building blocks -- Multi-scale.

Presents a wave of designers who are applying architectural techniques to create innovative new furnishing options, including bookshelves that can dynamically divide and reshape a room, chairs that create intimate room-like enclosures, and self-contained, expandable kitchen cubes.--

ISBN: 9780500517765 0500517762

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900 - 2099

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Furniture design--History--21st century.
Furniture design--History--20th century.
Space (Architecture)
Furniture design.
Space (Architecture)
Innenarchitektur.
Industriedesign.
Möbel.
Meubles--Design--Histoire--Vingt et unième siècle.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: NK2399.2 / .Y83 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 749 / Y947