Preface 1 Preface 2 Introduction: Principles, Inspirations, and Techniques of Modern Furniture Design Chapter 1: Rietveld: Modern Furniture Chapter 2: Breuer Mies, and Le Corbusier: Steel Pipes Furniture Chapter 3: Aalto, Mathsson, and Mollino: Plywood Furniture Chapter 4: Prouve: Metal Furniture Chapter 5: Jacobsen and Juhl: Art and Formal Beauty Chapter 6: Eames and Saarinen: The Experimental Revolution of Creative Masters Chapter 7: Nelson: Let the Modulus Determine Modern Office Furniture Chapter 8: Wegner, Tapiovaara, and Axelsson: From Tradition to Innovation Chapter 9: Panton, Paulin, and Mourgue: Geometry and Color Chapter 10: Sottsass, Mendini, and Shiro Kuramata: Fashion, Craftsmanship, and Creativity Chapter 11:Colombo and Aarnio: The Interweaving of All-round Inspiration and New Materials Chapter 12: Kukkapuro and Opsvik: Scientific Thinking Leads Design Creativity Chapter 13: Pesce and Starck: The Modeling Language of New Materials Chapter 14: From Arad to Newson: Sculpture and Furniture Chapter 15: From Morrison to Grcic: Pursuing the True Essence of Design in the New Era Bibliography Epilogue.