Design of furniture is a comprehensive guide and resource for students and furniture designers. As well as discussing pioneering contemporary and historical designs, it also provides substantive answers to designers' questions about function, materials, manufacture and sustainability, integrating guidance on all of these subjects - particularly material and manufacturing properties - in one accessible and structured volume. Many leading contemporary furniture designers from around the world are included, carefully selected to highlight the importance of both material and manufacture-led design processes. The book is also intended to provide an insight into furniture design for those considering a college education in product and industrial design.The most comprehensive book on the craft and business of furniture design, this essential studio companion covers history, theory, human factors and ergonomics, materials, tools and methods of fabrication, and professional practice issues. New and expanded coverage includes green design, materials and fabrication techniques, and digital fabrication. Design of Furniture is a must-have for the bookshelf of every furniture designer and aspiring professional.This book explores those multiple interpretations of mid-century modem by revealing the ideas behind the interiors designed by these five prominent designers/designer partners who contributed to the making of this new field. In many ways, this exploration of designers' interests, ideas, and inspirations is ethnographic in that it explores the cultural context behind the designs of furniture.