Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Rietveld meets the Andirondack - take a seat.

An icon of 20th century design, The Rietveld chair , 1917, painted with its Piet Mondrian color scheme of blue and red was never mass produced though that was the intention of Dutch architect Garrit Rietveld when he designed it.
I think he would be pleased with how his design has been reinterpreted in the 21st century.

LInk : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Rietveld

LInk : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_chair

This collaborative project is nowhere near complete, but the furniture has arrived that inspired this post :

From Rietveld rediscovered.


From Rietveld rediscovered.


From Rietveld rediscovered.

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