GERD HATJE / New Furniture 7 / Neue Möbel / Muebles Modernos / Meubles Nouveaux

Gerd Hatje
New Furniture 7 / Neue Möbel / Muebles Modernos / Meubles Nouveaux, 1964
Hardcover with dust jacket, 162 pages
30.5 × 23cm
Arthur Niggli Ltd., Teufen
First edition

Condition: Very good. Light toning and minor marks to the dust jacket, with some edge and corner wear. Interior is clean and bright, with a strong binding and only light signs of handling.

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The seventh volume in Gerd Hatje’s important New Furniture series, published in 1964, presents an extensive survey of contemporary international furniture design. The volume contains 441 furniture designs illustrated in black and white, with examples drawn from designers and manufacturers across Europe, Scandinavia and the United States.

Organised by category—including chairs, armchairs, sofas, tables, desks and other furniture—the book documents the rapidly developing language of modern furniture during the early 1960s. Designers represented include Hans Wegner, Poul Kjærholm, Finn Juhl, Richard Schultz and other significant figures of postwar design.

Published with parallel text in English, German, Spanish and French, New Furniture 7 is both a useful reference and a striking period document. Its systematic presentation of furniture through photography and concise technical descriptions makes it particularly valuable for understanding the material and formal development of modernist furniture design.