Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1973;11(4):424-435.
논문편 : 의자에 관한 연구
김명숙
A Research on Chairs
Myung Sook Kim
ABSTRACT
This paper attempts to find out the development of designs of chairs in interiors. It will discussed by dividing into two periods; the pre-world war I, and the post-world war I up to date. In the first part it will concentrate on four types of design materjals; plywood, metal, solid wood, and plastic chairs. In the second part it will deal with only two materials; Metal and solid wood. Under each material one designer and manufacturer, the country where the designer worked, and related dates. It will discuss how the design materiai was exploited by each designer within its potentials including how chair was made, what design elements could do, whether he used the potentials, and the potentials were fully exploited. And it discusses the success of the chair design material as shown in the interiors or failure of the chair design material. Fainally under each material one picture of chairs, one or two pictures for the chairs in the interiors, of the chairs will be provided. A bibliography will be attached to the end of the paper.