Drawing from more than sixty years of personal and professional archives, award-winning and internationally renowned furniture designer Vladimir Kagan writes an autobiography that embodies the history of modern design in the twentieth century. This is the first complete compendium of Kagan's life and work, and includes dozens of never-before-published photographs and sketches.

Beginning with his childhood in Germany and his family's escape from Nazi power, Kagan chronicles his rise to become one of America's most celebrated designers. Comfort, practicality, and an often-idiosyncratic modernist sensibility are the hallmarks of his enduring career. Innovative design and superior craftsmanship come together in Kagan's work so that it continues to look original. Noted for his organic, sometimes modular and always stylish pieces, Kagan's work has experienced a major renaissance in the last decade. In the 1950's, his timeless designs appealed to such celebrity clients as Marilyn Monroe and today are sought after by such stars as Jennifer Lopez and Tom Cruise. He has been commissioned by arbiters of 1990's style Giorgio Armani and Tom Ford, who used Kagan's Omnibus sofa as the anchor of his design for 360 Gucci Boutiques worldwide.

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