NEW FURNITURE 2
NEW FURNITURE / NEUE MÖBEL /MEUBLES NOUVEAUX
Gerd Hatje [Editor]
Gerd Hatje [Editor]: NEW FURNITURE 2 [NEW FURNITURE / NEUE MÖBEL /MUEBLES NOUVEAUX]. New York: George Wittenborn, 1952. First edition [American edition, with special supplement edited by Alvin Lustig]. Text in English, German, and French. Slim quarto. Red cloth decorated in white. Printed dust jacket. Black endpapers. 140 pp. 372 black and white photographs. Glossy photo pages with uncoated pages front and back. Lower corner slightly pushed. These highly coveted reference editions are seldomnly found in collectible condition -- this is the nicest copy we have handled — a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Rare thus.
Includes the Bound-in supplement “A Portfolio of Student Work from The School of Design at Yale University,” a 20-page special section designed and supervised by Alvin Lustig. Includes student work in Graphic Design, Photography, Painting and Drawing, Three-Dimensional Design, and Architecture. Instructors include Alvin Lustig, Alvin Eisenman, Norman Ives, Herbert Matter, Paul Schweiker, Josef Albers, and Gilbert Switzer. An uncommon Lustig item, if you’re into that sort of thing.
8.75 x 11.75 book, with 140 pages and 372 black and white photographs of contemporary furniture, circa 1952. Beautifully designed and printed in Germany on high-quality glossy paper. Highly recommended. These volumes -- whether you call them "Neue Möbel," "Meubles Nouveaux," or "Muebles Modernos” -- are actively sought and rarely remain on the market for long. You have been warned.
A complete index provides names and addresses of designers and manufacturers.
"New Furniture was conceived as a series devoted to the survey of international furniture. The second volume contains 372 illustrations showing the best and most interesting designs of chairs, sofas, beds, tables, cabinets, shelves, office furniture, and nursery furniture by designers from fourteen countries. This wide scope makes it possible for the reader to compare different trends and to discern future developments.
“A complete index that includes names and addresses of designers and manufacturers adds greatly to the usefulness of this volume. The magazine "Interiors" has called this series "probably the best international furniture review between two covers available anywhere. It is thorough and broad in its coverage, selected with great taste and a sharp sense of what constitutes interesting design news."
- Introduction
- Modern Furniture Design in the United States by Alvin Lustig: original essay by Lustig, the guest editor of the English-language edition.
- Chairs and Sofas
- Tables
- Cupboards and Shelves
- Beds and Couches
- Nurseries
- Kitchens
- Outdoor Living
- Index: Manufacturers, Designers, Photographers
The following Designers, Distributors and Manufacturers are represented in this volume: Alvar Aalto, Franco Albini, Cor Alons, Alfred Altherr, Gordon Andrews, William Armbruster, Carl Aubock, Hans Bellmann, Harry Bertoia, Max Bill, Luisa Castiglioni, Vera Catz, Norman Cherner, Paul McCobb, Hans Coray, Robin Day, Charles Eames, Yngve Ekstrom, Masami Endo, Sven Engstrom, Franz Fueg, Marcel Gascoin, Allan Gould, JVD Grinten, Ben Groenwoud, Otto Haupt, Julien Hebert, Herbert Hirche, Peter Hvidt, Arne Jacobsen, Grete Jalk, George Kasparian, Poul Kjaerholm, Mogens Koch, Jan Kuypers, Bruno Mathsson, Paul Mayen, Alfred Meier, A. J. Milne, Borge Mogensen, George Nelson, Gio Ponti, Ernest Race, Roland Rainer, Gerrit Reitveld, Wim Reitveld, Hans Wegner, Walter Wirz, Artek, Domus Raumkunst, Emco Porcelain, Fritz hansen, The Heifertz Company, Hille and Co., Knoll Associates, Laverne Originals, Herman Miller Furniture Company, New Dimensions Furniture, Perpetua Furniture, Gebruder Thonet, and many, many others.