Wohnen Heute 5, L’habitation aujourd’hui, The home today; Schweizerischer Werkbund; Niederteufen : Niggli 1965 21cm German French English language; 119 pages; softback

Catalogue of goods organised by the Swiss Werkbund and produced in 1962. Beautiful layout and typography by Richard P. Lohse. Contains furniture, textiles, lighting fixtures, household appliances, office equipment. Includes works of furniture by Martha Huber, Robert Hausmann, Ulrich Wieser for Wohnbedarf, Andreas Christen, Eero Saarinen, Walter Muller, Otto Aplanalp, lighting by Albert Lanker, Livoflex lighting which looks like Danish models on licence, Rosemarie and Rico Baltensweiler, B.A.G a.g. porcelain by Heinz Loeffelhardt, metalware by Hugo Pott, Carl Pott, Ruth Sporry, A Steiner, Arne Jacobsen Knoll and Eames in office furniture. "

Condition: Shelf wear and sunning to covers and spine. Crease to bottom right hand corner of front cover. Crease goes through to first 20 pages or so inside. Contents age toned and it looks like some of the print has being transferred slightly to facing pages.


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