Gerrit Rietveld - Zig Zag Chair - 1934

As De Stijl innovator Gerrit Thomas Rietveld was one of the  incredibly innovative at his time. He is now of the most important designers of the twentieth century.

Rietveld learned cabinet making from his father with whom he worked between the ages of 12 to 15. After leaving the family workshop, he trained as a draughtsman at the CJA Begeer Goldsmith workshop, before qualifying as an architect in 1919.

Rietveld was a nominated an honorary member of the Bond van Nederlandse Architecten in 1963 and in 1964 and he was awarded an honorary degree from the Technische Hochschule in Delft. Rietveld's best known furniture are the Zig Zac Chair, Red and Blue Chair and Schroeder Table.