Pastoe
Subtitle: 100 years of design innovation
By: Gert Staal, Anne van der Zwaag
Contributors: Zwaag, Anne van der; Pastoe (Firm); Kunsthal Rotterdam
Publisher: nai010 publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9789462080683
Subjects: Furniture design; History; Pastoe (Firm); Exhibitions; Furniture designers
Description: The Utrecht furniture manufacturer Pastoe has been a leader in unique, timeless furniture of great craftsmanship and quality for 100 years. The roll-front Amsterdammer cabinet, for example, has been a design classic for years and is featured along with the work of Pastoe designer Cees Braakman in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Pastoe's centenary is the occasion for this richly illustrated book, produced in collaboration with designers, architects, artists and photographers in the Netherlands and abroad. Author and design critic Gert Staal relates the most significant moments in Pastoe's history. Pastoe's current focus is also discussed extensively. Along with fascinating archival pictures and documentation of every significant Pastoe design, considerable attention is devoted to today's home environment and the current design domain.
Notes: Includes contributions by Krijn de Koning, Anne Holtrop, Dirk Laucke, Naoto Fukasawa, Konstantin Grcic, Claudio Silvestrin, and Scheltens & Abbenes.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition, "Like Pastoe," held at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, February 23-June 6, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references.