Gerrit Thomas Rietveld and the Zig-Zag Chair

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964) worked in his father’s cabinetry workshop as a teenager in Holland. By 1911 he had his own studio, where he made pieces influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright and other designers and artists who were considered avant-garde. In 1918 he decided to experiment with a different type of design that could be […]