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Rietveld by the People by Nanne op 't Ende (Text by); Lucas Maassen (Text by) This hands-on workbook playfully explores the tension between originality, imitation, and individual taste by delving into Dutch architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld's (1888-1964) design legacy through a selection of five do-it-yourself copies of his iconic chair designs.

Gerrit Rietveld: Weelde van de Eenvoud by Rietveld, Gerrit Thomas, 1888-1964 Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) built around 100 houses, and of these very little is known. Photographer Arjan Bronkhorst went in search of these unknown Rietveld houses. He photographed their interiors and residents, travelling as far as the United States. Light and space are what characterise Rietveld's houses. Sobriety is a basic principle in his designs. Only appreciated by a small group of intellectual clients who commissioned Rietveld to design an avant-garde house. Authors Willemijn Zwikstra and Marc van den Eerenbeemt explored the archives and interviewed current residents about living in a Rietveld house.

Rietveld's Chair: DVD and Book by Marijke Kuper (Text by); Gerrit Rietveld (Artist); Lex Reitsma (Contribution by) Rietveld's Chair investigates the genesis and reception of this modern classic. Art historian Marijke Kuper presents new facts and visual materials plus an overview of all known prewar examples of the chair. In the accompanying DVD documentary by Lex Reitsma, the furniture restorer Jurjen Creman reconstructs the prototype version, and Erik A. de Jong explains how his grandparents, Piet Elling and Diek Elling-Nijland, used their Rietveld furniture.

Gerrit Rietveld by Andrew May (Translator); Ida Zijl and Centraal Museum; Centraal Museum This detailed monograph is structured chronologically and illustrated with photographs and sketches of Reitveld's furniture design and his 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 Schröder House of 1924 and the Zigzag Chair of 1934. It will explore his significance in the wider context of avant-garde movements, and his influence within De Stijl and Functionalism.

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld: An Outline of his Life, Thought and Work by Mulder, Bertus At the end of the 1950s, the young architect Bertus Mulder came to work for Gerrit Rietveld. This working relationship, which lasted for a number of years, developed into a close relationship that allowed Mulder to get to know Rietveld and his immediate surroundings: his children, his Muse and beloved Truus Schröder and her children, Rietveld's furniture maker Van de Groenekan and many others. Later Bertus Mulder himself became a well-known architect and a leading expert in the field of restoring works of Gerrit Rietveld, among which the famous Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht. During the restoration of the Rietveld Schröder House he had numerous, in-depth conversations with Mrs Schröder and conducted a searching study of the vast collection of Rietveld's writings she had collected. As a result, no one could be more qualified to outline the interconnections of Rietveld's life, thought and work than Bertus Mulder. Furthermore, this architect's biography sheds an uncommonly clear light on the anthropological and philosophical backgrounds of the architectural body of work, which Rietveld called the 'attitude to life'.

Gerrit Rietveld, 1888-1964: The Complete Works by Marijke Kuper; Ida Van Zijl