[Goed Wonen] - Zesde jaargang 1953

W.H. Gispen & B. Niegeman-Brand [red.] - Goed Wonen. Zesde jaargang 1953 - Rotterdam - W.L. & J. Brusse NV - 1953 - 1st edition - 11 issues - Cloth binding - 21 x 28 cm. - Design: Wim Brusse.

Condition: Good set - in original publisher's binding. Only No. 6 is missing.

Magazine with a contemporary overview of 1950s interior architecture and interiors (living rooms, kitchens, (design) furniture, tables, chairs, sofas, etc.). Illustrated with black and white photos and maps. Edited by i.a. A. Bueno de Mesquita, Hein Salomonson, mrs. Els Bromberg and Jan Rietveld. Text in Dutch. Cf. Huisman / Gaillard p.145-146.

¶ Valuable documentation. Volume 6 contains nostalgic advertising (for Teddy diapers, Stichting 1940-1945 for victims of the resistance, Gispen Culemborg steel furniture, Arzberg crockery, Erres vacuum cleaners, HALA Zeist lamps, Pastoe furniture, Willem Hagoort Lamp No 520, "Gas uw vluchtige vriend", Linoleum Krommenie and Glasfabriek Leerdam).

Furthermore: contributions and specials from/about homes in Denmark, Jan Elburg (living in paintings), the interior in the film (including 'Der Untertan' after the book by Heinrich Mann), Jan Luyken, machine-built furniture, the flood disaster in Zeeland, Bijenkorf exhibition Mobilia, Coen de Vries combination furniture, a letter sent in (16-2-1953) from Gerrit Rietveld, an apartment building by architect E.H. Kraaijvanger on Willemsplein in Rotterdam, Merkelbach & Elling (Katwijk plan), housing by Romke de Vries on Prins Mauritssingel in Overschie, Verlichting-special (No 9), Toys special (No 10), Anne H. Mulder (Kind en spel). With photos of the editors in no 12. Photography by i.a. Jan Versnel.