{"product_id":"monobloc-paperback","title":"Monobloc - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHauke Wendler\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA visual history of the world's most famous and ubiquitous chair\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Monobloc is the bestselling piece of furniture of all time: an estimated one billion copies of this white plastic chair are in circulation all over the world. This book arises from a documentary by German film director Hauke Wendler, who spent eight years filming on five continents to explore the impact of the Monobloc on a global scale.\u003cbr\u003eCombining archival documentation with images from Wendler's film (to be released in 2022), this book complicates the narrative and mystery of the Monobloc's popularity. Embracing its ubiquity, it also addresses the chair's environmental, economic and aesthetic impacts. How does the Monobloc threaten our environment and good taste? Finally, how has it become indispensable to millions of people for whom a chair is a chair and nothing more?\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers insight, through film, photography and design history, into the story of how an unremarkable, stackable chair conquered the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158158446727,"sku":"9783775751919","price":29.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d5ed25ba3992ba7b90184553f3466cb3.webp?v=1733256577","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/monobloc-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}