Thomas Föhl - Henry van de Velde: passie, functie, schoonheid, 1863-1957 - 2013

Henry van de Velde: passion, function, beauty, 1863-1957
Author: Thomas Föhl
Publisher: Lannoo, 2013, 2nd edition, hardcover, Dutch-language, 304 pages.
Condition is very good, no stamps or annotations, see photos.

Full overview of the versatile work of Henry van de Velde Henry van de Velde (1863-1957) was a versatile designer of functional beauty and a driven pioneer of modern design. It was his aim to integrate beautiful but reproducible and thus not only accessible to the happy few usable objects into comfortable homes. Various specialists of van de Velde's work contributed, under the supervision of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar and the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels.