Jonathan Olivares (b.1981) is the head of Jonathan Olivares Design Research (JODR), a design consultancy which he established in 2006 with the aim of stimulating the product design process through research and writing. He is also a respected product designer in his own right, he has designed a number of pieces of furniture for both Danese and Driade. A Taxonomy of Office Chairs is the fruition of a research project that Olivares began in 2006.
"Olivares has taken an unusually thoughtful and rigorous approach to his subject... A rattling design history, which Mr. Olivares tells with relish. … interrogates its subject with such enthusiasm and vigor. You’ll never look at an office chair in quite the same way again."—International Herald Tribune "Mad, but also somehow brilliant."—Business Life "Beautifully illustrated and meticulously researched... A love note to the unsung heroes of office life."—On Office
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