MOBEL
[So Wohnen: Band 9]
Karl Kaspar [introduction]
Karl Kaspar [introduction]: MOBEL. Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1969. First edition [So Wohnen: Band 9]. Text in German. Octavo. Perfect bound photo illustrated thick wrappers. 170 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Guide to manufacturers with illustrated marks. Fore edge lightly creased, otherwise a nearly fine copy.
6.25 x 9 softcover book [Volume 9 in the So Wohnen series] with 170 well-illustrated pages of contemporary home furnishings, circa 1969. Whenever you find a book published by Verlag Gerd Hatje you can rest assured you are getting the good stuff: a finely curated selection of contemporary goods, excellent photo reproduction, clean modern design and typography, and -- as a bonus for all you collectors out there -- this series includes a short history of each manufacturer and a reproduction of their manufacturing marks. This information could prove useful to certain enterprising individuals.
Includes Seating by Egon Eiermann, Rainer Schell, Team Form, Gebruder Thonet, Herbert Hirche, Herta-Maria Witzemann, Wilde + Spieth, Architekt Gerd Lange, Don Albinson, Knoll International, Wolf Veyhl, Architekt Syring, Ernst Moeckl, Otto F. Pollak, Mobelfabriken Ernst Kaufmann KG, Fabricius + Kastholm, H. Bruning, Hans Konecke, Karl Schneider, Peter Maly, Jorg Bally, Tecta Mobel, Dipl.-Ing. Hans Konecke, Riessner-Werke, Carlheinz Bergmiller Und Ernst Moeckl, Stella-Mobelwerke GmbH, Urs Borer, Walter Knoll + Co., Harry Bertoia, Knoll International, Eero Saarinen, Richard Schultz, Verner Panton, Charles Eames, Herman Miller Furniture Company, Gunter Beltzig, Collection Terra, Gunter Renkel, Malkmus, And Femira-Werke GmbH.
Includes Tables and Desks by Eero Saarinen, Volker Laprell, Mobefabrik Wilhelm Renz KG, Collection Terra, OTM-Mobelwek Helmut Seidel, Ilse-Werke KG, Horst Meyer, Richard Schultz, Herbert Hirche, Christian Holzapfel, Mauser-Werke GmbH, Hartmut Lohmeyer, Walter Papst, Peter Raacke, And Gunter Renkel.
Includes Storage and Cabinets by Mobefabrik Wilhelm Renz KG, Professor M. Lehmbruck, G. Grabow, Architekt Josef Pentenrieder, Paul Erath, Architekt Helmut Magg, Ilse-Werke KG, Gunter Renkel, Mobelfabrik Gebruder Rohrer GmbH, Florence Knoll, Fred Ruf, Knoll International, Ulrich Wieser, Peter Petrides, Werkentwurf, Horst Bruning, Antoine Philippon, Jacqueline Lecoque, Architekt Dieter Reinhold, Architekt Werner Buchser, Wr + Hs Design, Hulsta-Werke, Malkmus, Pieletta-Werke, Piel & Co., Treca-Werke, And Burg Mobel.
Includes Kitchen Material by Antoine Philippon, Jacqueline Lecoque, Eugen Zeyher, Gebruder Leicht, Fr. Poggehpohl KG, Mobelfabriken Dr. Becher & Co., Sell-Haus Und Kuchentechnik GmbH, And Schaffitzel KG Mobelwerk.
Gerd Hatje (1915 - 2007) was born in Hamburg in 1915 and apprenticed as a typesetter in Stuttgart, where he started the Humanitas Verlag in 1945. The publishing house was renamed Verlag Gerd Hatje in 1947. His varied interests were reflected in his publishing program, where he concentrated on publishing art books of the highest quality. Among the books he published are some of the best designed art, design, and architecture books of the twentieth century. Hatje was always concerned with quality, both in books and art. He once said, "For me, there is neither a past nor a future in art. A work of art that cannot always exist in the present is not worth talking about." In his words, publishing is the process by which "intellectual spaces are made accessible."