MOBEL
[Wie Wohnen: Band 3]
Gerd Hatje
Gerd Hatje: MOBEL. Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1957. First edition [Wie Wohnen: Band 3]. Text in German. Octavo. Perfect bound photo illustrated thick wrappers. 195 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Guide to manufacturers with illustrated marks. Mild edge and spine wear. A nearly fine copy.
6.25 x 9 softcover book [Volume 3 in the Wie Wohnen series] with 195 well-illustrated pages of contemporary home furnishings, circa 1957. 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, Herta-Maria Witzemann, Max Bill, Karl Eichhorn, Gunter Hennig, Otto Haupt, Herbert Dietz, Gerhard Langerhans, Dieter Hinz, Paul Bode, Georg Leowald, Hartmut Lohmeyer, Herbert Hirche, Drabert Stahlmobel, Aluminumwerk Otto Honsel, Harald Roth, Ernst Kirchoff, Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Eero Saarinen, Bonet Kurchan & Hardoy, Gunter Eberle, Walter Knoll, Albrecht Lange & Hans Mitzlaff, Polstermobelfabrik Eugen Schmidt, Jupp Ernst, E. Harlis, Stuttgarter Raumkunst H. & W. Menold, Svante Skogh, Carl Straub, Wilhelm Knoll, Hans Olsen, IB Kofod-Larsen, W. W. Langefeld, Osvald Borsani, Franz Hohn, Richard Stein, and H. Th. Baumann.
Includes Tables and Desks by Hans Bellmann, Herbert Hirche, Florence Knoll, Mobelfabrik Wilhelm Renz, Karst & Gunkel, Ernst Kirchoff, Herta-Maria Witzemann, Herbert Hirche, Georg Leowald, and Mobelfabrik Wilhelm Renz KG.
Includes Storage and Cabinets by Florence Knoll, Rudolf Frank, Christa Von Paleske, Heinz Vetter, Wilhelm Bofinger, Fred Hochstrasser, Herbert Hirche, Ernst Kirchoff, Suddeutsche Mobelindustrie, Hans Bellmann, Stuttgarter Raumkunst H. & W. Menold, Rudolf Glatzel, Mobelfabrik Wilhelm Renz KG, Alfred Altherr, Hans Gugelot, Wilhelm Bofinger, Robert Gutmann, A. Lambrecht, Eduard Levsen, Johanna Richard, Walter Wirz, Georg Satink, Edgar Horstmann, Albrecht Lange & Hans Mitzlaff, Helmut Magg, Wilhelm Fehlinger, Hanns Buser, Walter Wirz, A. Haberer, Paul Erath, and Gebruder Leicht.
Includes Kitchen material by Sep Ruf, Fr. Herstellung and Fr. Poggehpohl.
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."