A taxonomy of office chairs

Résumé : Richard Sapper, edited by Jonathan Olivares, is a definitive study of the life and work of the internationally acclaimed designer Richard Sapper. Based on more than fifty hours of conversation between Sapper and Olivares, the book comprises three parts : a photo essay of Sapper in his living and working environments taken by Ramak Fazel ; an oral history that explores Sapper's methods, motives, and the work produced over his entire career ; and a visual chronology, featuring all of Sapper's products-including the famous IBM ThinkPad laptops, the Tizio lamp, the Brionvega radio and television, and the Alessi espresso machine and kettle-events from his personal and professional life, exhibitions, photographs, writings, and significant publications on his work. The product of an inter-generational conversation, the book offers a fresh perspective on Sapper's work, and extracts theses and tools from his career that have lasting relevance for the practice of design today.

Véronique Olivares Salou est née en 1953. Dès son enfance, elle assiste aux actions de solidarité envers ceux qui sont restés en Espagne, victimes de Franco. Elle a déjà publié Les Républicains espagnols au camp de concentration nazi de Mauthausen aux Editions Tirésias.