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A Liberty city apartment — Living
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, 1935/1988
Collezione “Cassina iMaestri”, s/p 157
Utrecht
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ENG
Gerrit Rietveld came up with the design for the Utrecht armchair
in 1935 while working for the Metz & Co. department store in Amsterdam,
where his brief was to make a chair for serial production. Taking market
needs into account, while privileging a comfortable and relaxing
experience, led to the elements of the chair being treated as separate units.
As a consequence, the chair became an icon of both the Neoplastic
movement (aka De Stijl), and of Rietveld’s experimental vision.
ITA
Gerrit Rietveld progetta la poltroncina
Utrecht nel 1935, per il grande magazzino Metz &
Co di Amsterdam, orientando il design nell’ottica
della distribuzione allargata. L’approccio maggior-
mente rivolto al mercato, focalizzato sui valori del
comfort e del relax, compie la scomposizione degli
elementi divenendo un’icona del movimento neo-
plastico e della visione sperimentale dell’architetto
olandese.
