May 2008
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
9h 8m
English
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“And doing a chaise is very daunting because you get compared
to the very best right off the bat. Eames, le Corbousier, Mies van
der Roe, Kierholm—all of them designed iconic chaises.”
Bernett has designed two closely related chaise lounges for B&B
Italia. “A number of years ago,” he explains, “we did a chaise for
B&B that was both highly publicized and commercially viable. The
owner of B&B said that it had captured all the spirit and integrity
of the company in one product, and it turned out to be the most
successful marketing piece they’d done in ...