NEW FURNITURE 6
Neue Möbel / Muebles Modernos / Meubles Nouveaux
Gerd Hatje [Editor]
Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1962. First edition. Text in English, German, Spanish, and French. Quarto. Gray cloth titled in orange. Photo illustrated dust jacket. Orange endpapers. 164 pp. 318 black and white photographs. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with sunning to edges and chipped spine crown. Former owners signature to front free endpaper and sunned text block edges. A nearly fine copy in a very good or better dust jacket.
8.75 x 11.75 book, with 164 pages and 318 black and white photographs of contemporary furniture, circa 1962. Beautifully designed and printed in Germany on high-quality glossy paper. Highly recommended. These volumes -- whether you call them "Neue Mobel," "Meubles Nouveaux," or "Muebles Modernos” -- are actively sought and rarely remain on the market for long. You have been warned.
"This is the sixth volume of New Furniture, a series devoted to the survey of international furniture. It contains 318 illustrations showing the best and most interesting designs of chairs, sofas, beds, tables, cabinets, shelves, office furniture, and nursery furniture by designers from sixteen 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."
Contents:
- Introduction
- Chairs
- Seating Arrangements, Sofas, Beds
- Tables
- Office Furniture
- Cabinets and Shelves
- Nursery Furniture
- Cabinets and Shelves
- Index: Manufacturers, Designers, Photographers
- General Advertising
The following Designers, Distributors and Manufacturers are represented in this volume: Designers: Eberhard Zwirner, Nicos Zographos, Sori Yanagi, Edward Wormley, Walter Wirz, Wolfram Winkler, Hans Wegner, Dieter Waeckerlin, Axel Thygesen, Theo Tempelman, William Paul Taylor, Ilmari Tapiovaara, Alf Svensson, Georg Strasser, Pirkko Stenros, Wolfgang Stadelmaier, Stefan Siwinski, Gustl Schlup, Yngvar Sandstrom, Hein Salomonson, Eero Saarinen, Harald Roth, Alberto Rosselli, Mirko Romih, Jens Risom, Alain Richard, Gunter Renkel, Peter Raake, Quirin Punzmann, Gio Ponti, Josef Pentenrieder, Pierre Paulin, Ico Parisi, Verner Panton, Tormod Olesen, Michel Mortier, Jos De Mey, Roberto Menghi, Bernard Marange, Angelo Mangiarotti, Bender Madsen, Kai Lyngfeldt Larsen, Bruno Limberger, Thea Leonhard, Estelle and Erwine Laverne, Ejner Larsen, Kai Kristiansen, Niko Kralj, Mogens Koch, Ernst Kirchhoff, Isamu Kenmochi, George Kasparian, Arne Karlsen, Finn Juhl, Henning Jorgensen, Grete Jalk, Arne Jacobsen, Wahl Iversen, Peter Hvidt, Fred Hochstrasser, Peter Kjorth, Herbert Hirche, Willy Herold, Erik Herlow, Jacques Hauville, Robert Haussmann, Carlo Hauner, Edelhard Harlis, Robert Gutmann, Frank Guille, Hans Gugelot, Dorothy and Paul Goble, Eugenio Gerli, Helmut Fuchs, Karl Erik Ekselius, Sven Dysthe, Nanna and Jorgen Ditzel, Christian Defrance, Robin Day, Genevieve Dangles, Mario Cristiani, Vincent Cafiero, Jacques Brule, C. Braakman, Elis Borg, Frank Bolliger, Werner Blaser, Carl Bjorn, Hans Bellmann, Studio Architetti, Michael Bayer, Carl Aubock, Hugh Acton and many others.Manufacturers: Gebruder Thonet, Martin Stoll, Studio La Ruota, Rima, Wilhelm Renz, Olivetti, Nordiska Kompaniet, Mobili Italiani Moderni, Knoll International, Intraform, Hille of London, Fritz Hansen, Gispen Metal Works, Ugo Gensini, Paul Erath, Dux Mobel, Dunbar Furniture Company, Willy Beck, Artek, and many others.
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."