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Rare Bookcase or Shelving Unit by Friso Kramer and Martin Visser for Asmeta de Bijenkorf 1953
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03030339
Asmeta
1953
1950s
The Netherlands
Metal
Blue, White, Yellow
25 cm
95 cm
196 cm
Good
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Rare Bookcase or Shelving Unit by Friso Kramer and Martin Visser for Asmeta de Bijenkorf 1953
Rare metal bookcase designed in 1953 by Friso Kramer for the famous warehouse “De Bijenkorf” in Holland, produced by Asmeta. Martin Visser commissioned Friso Kramer to design this metal bookcase or shelving unit. It was a modular system and could be ordered the way you like.
It has dark blue and yellow metal back and light grey shelves, which are the colors of “De Bijenkorf”.
The cabinet has some rust.
Friso Kramer
Kramer is the son of architect Piet Kramer. In 1963 he founded, together with Wim Crouwel, Benno Wissing, Paul and Dick Schwarz Total Design. From the period of 1971 till 1983 he was ceo at Ahrend. Kramer was a member of the board at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.