Published by Gispen International BV, Culemborg 2006, 2006
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
22.0 x 21.0cms78pp, colour illusts, fine hardback with decorated boards (no dustwrapper as issued) Rietveld designed this chair for the World Exhibition at Brussels (1958). This book documents its reissue to make the 90th anniversay of Gispen International. The essays are: Mondial, Gispen & Rietveld: Rietveld's chair to the world; the Mondial in Rietveld's oeuvre; the chair; Gerrit Rietveld, architect, designer, furniture maker; Wim Rietveld, industrial designer; Wim Crouwel, 'pure minimalism'; 11 visions. Dutch & English text throughout.