The Impossible Collection of Design - Assouline Coffee Table Book

The Impossible Collection of Design - Assouline Coffee Table Book

"Chosen by design expert Frédéric Chambre, this selection of furniture designs unspools like the frames of a film..."

In recent years, the decorative furnishings niche has become of tremendous interest to collectors, causing a surge in the auction market and bringing record sales.
Chosen by design expert Frédéric Chambre, this selection of furniture designs unspools like the frames of a film, an epic picture composed of one hundred years of creative innovations in form, materials, and techniques.

This hand-bound oversized luxury edition traces the development of 20th-century design—from the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements through Bauhaus and Art Deco, Pop Art and the Memphis school, to today’s digital age—illustrating the dynamic story of a groundbreaking century through the evolution of everyday human objects.

• Assouline Ultimate Collection
• 14 x 17 in – 35.5 x 42 cm
• 144 pages
• 100 illustrations
• Handcrafted limited edition in a linen clamshell case
  

Text by: Frédéric Chambre