User:Moswento/A Taxonomy of Office Chairs

A Taxonomy of Office Chairs is a non-fiction book by furniture designer Jonathan Olivares, outlining the history and development of office chairs. It features an illustrated catalogue of important models, explanations of chair components and a discussion of chair movement. It was first published in 2011 by Phaidon Press. It was shortlisted for the 2011 Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, which was won that year by the Thai cookbook Cooking with Poo.

Overview

The book is divided into four sections.

Background and publication

In his preface, Olivares writes: "As far as I am aware, this book is the first taxonomy of an industrialized object".

The writing of the book was supported by industrial design company Knoll. It took four years to complete.

Sources

• [2] Review at Core77
• [3] Review at the New York Times
• [4] Review at the Los Angeles Review of Books
• [5] Review at the Guardian
• [6] International Herald Tribune
• [7] Shortlist of prize