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From his first great design masterpiece, the Red-Blue Chair, to his final design for the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Gerrit Rietveld created a significant body of work and left a remarkable legacy. His simple yet dynamic design style has greatly affected international furniture design and has made a significant contribution to the history of architecture. His unconventional approach and extraordinary furniture, hailed by Theo van Doesburg as 'the new sculpture', inspired many of his contemporaries just as it continues to inspire today's designers; he has he has been cited as a source of inspiration by designers ranging from Verner Panton to Konstantin Grcic. This detailed yet accessible monograph is structured chronologically and richly illustrated with photographs and sketches of Reitveld's furniture design and his twenty-odd architectural projects. Following Rietveld from his humble beginnings as a cabinet-maker to his final years as a world-renowned architect, this book will present both his lesser-known work and his most celebrated, such as "The Zigzag Chair" of 1934. One chapter focuses exclusively on the Schroder House of 1924, which is among the very few twentieth-century buildings to be accorded UNESCO World Heritage Monument status. Produced in collaboration with the Centraal Museum, which holds the world's largest collection of Rietveld's work, this book includes a number of never-before-published images of Rietveld's work and his life. Author Ida van Zijl, who is the Deputy Director of the Centraal Museum and who has organized a variety of exhibitions that have included Rietveld, gives a thorough, accessible account of Rietveld's life and his work. She also explores his significance in the wider context of avante-garde movements, such as his influence within De Stijl and Functionalism, and well as the lesser-known but equally interesting work he produced with an eye towards mass housing and industrial production. Designed by Wim Crowel, the best-known Dutch graphic designer, the book provides a rich mixture of beautiful images and a fascinating story. Most crucially, this book will give Rietveld the attention he has long deserved as a designer and architect, presenting a comprehensive coverage of his output and a full analysis of his achievements.
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Ida van Zijl is deputy director of the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, the holder of the main collection of Rietveld's work. Since the late 1970s, she has studied Rietveld and has complete access not only to the museum's collection of documents, but also to those held by his family and friends. She was the editor of Gerrit Rietveld: The Complete Works (published in 1992), a catalogue of his work.
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Although he is not hugely well known in this country, Rietveld remains an inspiration as an architect and a designer. He was perpetually concerned with simplifying things, but rather than reducing material, he worked to rearrange the planes with which you interact with the object. His Red Blue chair remains a design classic, looking fresh today.
Although he wrote for journals, he started out as a cabinet-maker and his approach was one of pragmatism and vision, rather than some arid intellectualism.
This is a classy publication. The paper stock is good, it is lovingly designed and includes a wealth of detail. Perhaps not the glossiest design book that I have ever seen, it repays careful attention.
Although the author is probably the world authority on this subject, it would have benefitted considerably from a good editor. The text is often haphazard with chronology, it can be unclear what exactly the author is telling us and why.
If you know about Rietveld then this book is a sound investment, if not then some internet research should help you to realise just how fresh his designs still are.
Although he wrote for journals, he started out as a cabinet-maker and his approach was one of pragmatism and vision, rather than some arid intellectualism.
This is a classy publication. The paper stock is good, it is lovingly designed and includes a wealth of detail. Perhaps not the glossiest design book that I have ever seen, it repays careful attention.
Although the author is probably the world authority on this subject, it would have benefitted considerably from a good editor. The text is often haphazard with chronology, it can be unclear what exactly the author is telling us and why.
If you know about Rietveld then this book is a sound investment, if not then some internet research should help you to realise just how fresh his designs still are.
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A superb survey of the work of Rietveld, covering areas not previously explored. A must for anyone wishing to understand what (and why) Gerrit Reitveld is so important in the development of modern architecture. Beautifully written and designed.
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