A History of Seating, 3000 BC to 2000 Ad: Function Versus Aesthetics - Hardcover

Pynt, Jenny; Higgs BSc GradDipPty MPHEd AM PhD, Joy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1604977183 ISBN 13: 9781604977189

Publisher: Cambria Press, 2010

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambria Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1604977183
• ISBN 13: 9781604977189
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 400