1. Wim Rietveld was a Dutch industrial and furniture designer.
10 Facts About Wim Rietveld
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Wim Rietveld's father was the architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld.
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Wim Rietveld received a technical education and began his career as a constructor of large equipment; among others, he was employed at Servo Balans, a company specialized in industrial weighing equipment.
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Wim Rietveld was employed at Gispen from 1953 till 1957.
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Wim Rietveld was talented in combining functionality and aesthetics in his furniture, and was able to devise simple production techniques.
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Wim Rietveld was a typically Dutch designer in his love for construction and functionality.
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Wim Rietveld introduced foam rubber padding and pressed plywood at the Gispen company.
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Wim Rietveld worked on several well-known Gispen furniture pieces, including the President office chair, and several light fixtures.
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Wim Rietveld enjoyed a lot of artistic freedom at Gispen.
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From 1960 till 1975, Wim Rietveld was a teacher at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, and from 1970 till 1979 at the Technische Hogeschool in Delft, where he held a professorship from 1973.