Modernist Furniture Design Profile
End Table by Gerrit Reitveld 1923
Gerrit Reitveld aimed to put the ideas of the de Stijl Group into 3D form.
This was the use of the machine in manufacture, eliminating curves or forms or colors that express personal emotions, using only primary colors and neutral colors, white, black, and gray.
All compositions were asymmetrical and the rectangle was the basic form.The End Table comprised of a blue square top and red circular base and were connected by a black and a white rectangle.
It was designed for the Schroder House in Utrech. It was made of simple components and was an open form.
The End Table comprised of a blue square top and red circular base and were connected by a black and a white rectangle. It was designed for the Schroder House in Utrech. It was made of simple components and was an open form.
Simple to produce from easily standardized parts. Rietveld realized that his furniture was not always practical, the End Table and the Red Blue Chair were early furniture design and therefore still in experimental stage as he searched for his desired new form of furniture.
About the Designer Learn about his design principals and design career.
More Gerrit Reitveld Furniture Designs
Zig Zag Chair – Gerrit Reitveld Ground breaking new cantilever design in it’s time.
Red Blue Chair – Gerrit Reitveld One of the most recognized pieces from the Modern Movement of De Stijl Design.
