Max E. Haefeli
Inkombi sideboard, Wohnbedarf model 122, Basel, Switzerland
Designed and executed from 1933 onwards
Plywood panels (blockboard), birch veneer
This sideboard belongs to a series of functional furniture named in-kombimöbel, which were advertised in 1933 by Zurich's Wohnbedarf AG for its versatile combinability, construction and durability. Moholy-Nagy invented the name in-kombimöbel. (...) a genuine plywood construction that does not deny itself externally (...), the wood stands in the room as it grows in the forest, and is not covered over with stain or paint, (...) Bayer, H.: Katalog der Wohnbedarf-Möbel, 1933, aus: Schweizer Typenmöbel 1925 - 1935, S. 136.
Literature:
Mehlau-Wiebking, F., Rüegg, A., Tropeano, R.: Schweizer Typenmöbel 1925 - 1935, Sigfried Giedion und die Wohnbedarf AG, gta Verlag, Zürich, 1989, 136
Designsammlung des Museums für Gestaltung, e Museum, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, 2020
00028 MH
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