这是首本纪念格兰特费瑟斯顿（1922-1995）的生活和工作的书，这位墨尔本的工业设计师以他的体型睡椅而闻名。在20世纪50年代早期设计和开发出来的体型睡椅至今仍被澳大利亚和海外的中世纪现代收藏家们所追捧，通常在拍卖会上拍出一万美元甚至更多。

费瑟斯顿第二任妻子玛丽加入后，他在接下来的三十年里设计了几百把椅子;然而，这一令人震惊的澳大利亚工业设计伙伴直到目前还是无名的。1947年至1975年费瑟斯顿专注于制作椅子，通过从档案研究和对同行的采访中，展示了这位设计师的新传记。书中有超过250张美丽的照片，其中包括先前未公开的墨尔本的制造商阿利斯的前任总经理--伊恩霍华德的个人档案。

This is the first book to celebrate the life and work of Grant Featherston (1922–1995), the Melbourne-based industrial designer best-known for his Contour chairs. This collection was designed and developed in the early 1950s and remains highly sought after by mid-century modern collectors in Australia and overseas – often fetching $10,000 or more at auction.

Featherston, later joined by his second wife, Mary, designed hundreds of chairs over the next thirty years; however, this astonishing Australian industrial design partnership has gone largely uncelebrated until now. Featherston focuses on the chairs produced between 1947 and 1975 and presents a new biography of the designer, drawn from archival research and interviews with his peers. It is extensively illustrated with over 250 beautiful photographs and includes a selection from the previously unpublished personal archive of Ian Howard, the former Managing Director of Melbourne-based manufacturer Aristoc.

Table of Contents

Preface • Introduction • 1. The Early Years • 2. The Contour Range • 3. Beyond Wood
4. The Age of Steel: The Aristoc Years • 5. The Talk of the Towns • 6. The Search for
an Australian Style • 7. Into the Space Age: The Future is Plastic • 8. One Night Seats
9. Age of the Beanbag • 10. Revival and Legacy