--- title: "Gerrit Rietveld" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/gerrit-rietveld" language: "en" type: "designer" description: "Individual designer items from Gerrit Rietveld ✓ Wide range of products & designs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2026-04-26T17:17:36+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Gerrit Rietveld - [Biography](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/gerrit-rietveld) - [Products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/gerrit-rietveld) - [Manufacturer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/gerrit-rietveld/manufacturer) - [Articles](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/gerrit-rietveld/contributions) Address: ## Gerrit Rietveld Products by Gerrit Rietveld [![Tafellampje](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Rietveld-Tafellampje_01_190220_103909.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/tafellampje) [TECTA Tafellampje](https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/tafellampje) [![L40](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/t/tecta/produkte/l-40/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/l-40-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/l40) [TECTA L40](https://www.stylepark.com/en/tecta/l40) [All products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/gerrit-rietveld) Biography 1888 born in Utrecht1899 apprentice in his father's carpentry workshop; on the side he obtained a degree in architecture, in evening school 1906–11 worked as draftman, took cources in architectural drafting 1911 i ndependent furniture-maker1911–1914 advanced architectural courses; built several buildings1923 construction of “Schröder-house” in Utrecht Died in 1964 Articles about Gerrit Rietveld [IMM COLOGNE 2017 All of you seated, feel embraced 1/23/2017 Diversity is a great thing, but makes orientation a tad harder. One possible antidote: revivals, furniture in XXXL, and armchairs that hug the seated. On all the things the imm cologne 2017 had to offer.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/review-imm-cologne-2017) [FAIRS & EVENTS Déjà-vu in Basel 6/27/2016 The Design Miami trade fair takes place parallel to Art Basel – but this year only featured very few highlights. There was a lack of real innovations or an exciting exhibition.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/deja-vu-in-basel) [FAIRS & EVENTS Modern always works 4/28/2016 Salone 3: Forget social issues. The trend in furniture is to give modern classics a contemporary tweak, a makeover that guarantees their timelessness.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/modern-always-works) [ART Voulez vous Prouvé? 6/27/2014 At Design Miami, which took place in parallel to Art Basel, the French galleries presented an awful lot of Jean Prouvé originals. The icing on the cake: Konstantin Grcic transformed an Audi TT into a mobile living machine.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/voulez-vous-prouve) [MAGAZINE Going vintage ain’t enough 6/16/2013 The Design Miami trade fair, which runs parallel to Art Basel, was not very convincing. It lacked a clear curatorial thrust, exciting exhibitions and statements. And not least there was no clear position on contemporary design, although this is so sorely needed.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/going-vintage-aint-enough) [MAGAZINE Constellations: Rietveld and the revolution of space – part 2 6/22/2012 Architecture for Rietveld is spatial art. The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht is not the only example of open-space constructions by Rietveld that foster a new lifestyle.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/constellations-rietveld-and-the-revolution-of-space-part-2) [MAGAZINE Nodes: Rietveld and the revolution of space – part 1 6/18/2012 Gerrit Rietveld is one of the best-known Modernist designers and architects. However, his oeuvre is not just of historical interest. A visit to the exhibition at Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein shows how Rietveld addresses space, and proves himself to be highly topical.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/nodes-rietveld-and-the-revolution-of-space-part-1)