Gerrit rietveld

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Gerrit Rietveld (Utrecht 24 June 1888 - 25 June 1964) learnt the furniture-making trade at an early age in his father's workshop.

the designer, Utrecht (until 1947; his gift in 1947 to Paula Rietveld); his niece, Paula Rietveld, Amsterdam (1947–2006; sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, November 23, 2006, no. 248, sold to MMA)

GERRIT RIETVELD (1888-1964).

Completed in 1925 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Still as visionary and eccentric as it was when it was built in the 1920s, the Schroder House by Gerrit Rietveld continues to impress architects and...

A yellow color block kitchen with mottled walls, white cabinets and a colorful backsplash

Gerrit Rietveld. Zig-Zag Chair. 1934. Rietveld's Workshop, Utrecht. Oak and brass fittings. 29 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 17 1/2" (75 x 36.8 x 44.5 cm), seat h. 16" (40.6 cm). Arthur Drexler Fund. 405.1988. © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Beeldrecht, Amsterdam. Architecture and Design

Image 29 of 33 from gallery of The Latest Illustration from Federico Babina: ARCHIPORTRAIT. Gerrit Rietvald. Image Courtesy of Federico Babina

For Rietveld, architecture is spatial art. His open-space constructions foster a new lifestyle. The Rietveld Schröder House provides a well-known example.

Mario Minle for Droog Design, red and blue lego chair. Constructed from 4,484 lego bricks, this form measures 106% of the original Rietveld design. This work is number 4 from the edition of 5. Signed and numbered with applied manufacturer’s label to underside: [Droog Mario Minale 4/5]. “In becoming “more” than the original in multiple ways, the design becomes a statement on modernism, the emancipation of the individual in a postmodern society and ultimately an invitation to participate and…