Furniture Literature Review

My literature review on reflection now after further reading is lacking in evidence and sequential thinking. My review did not really answer many of my early questions, there was too much of a gap in between what I was talking about and the subject matter. The texts I was researching from giving me my jumping off point 's but were not researched into enough. When I quoted from Deyan Sudjic 's book “The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects.” “ in the days before remote controls, it required an act of ritual obeisance when you got down on your knees to change the channel ” 49 this sentence was the most useful for me and how I should be continuing my research, i need to understand more about the presence furniture

I am looking for research on the conceptualisation of the Barcelona Chair as a bases of focus. Seeking the information on furniture design as a whole, the main points of how we us and see the furniture in our lives. By researching text and imagery I will be looking at both high end furniture from history that are still being used today and the evidence of its uses today compared to its time of creation. The second part of this is a look at bespoke furniture today and to find the harmony in which it has placed on the present view of furniture and how relatable it is to the history of furniture design. I need to research the psychology of attachments to objects as well as the basic uses we have for these objects in order to see if there is a pattern to how we go about or interacting with our furniture, which should show me the impact it has had on the physical design of furniture. I want to know a lot more about the history of ornamentation in furniture and the change it has gone through, i believe this is a valuable root to seek in order to find out how decoration and detailing of carving and materials has changed to what we see now which is a contemporary view of furniture design. By looking at the ways the Barcelona Chair has been talked about and why it has become what we see today I will get an overall view in which the Barcelona Chair has been seen and used through its lifetime, this

I will collect imagery so i can see the journey the Barcelona Chair has been on, this is more important for dating the years in which the chair was being used so i have evidence of its longevity. This will include any large world events that may have had a impact on it 's path. My key questions for my research would be what has led to it s longevity, how do we view these archetypes and why are they so sought after as designs to be changed and challenged and what has given it relevance to contemporary