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book (design) story #461

ernst kettiger, franz vetter:
möbel und räume

eugen rentsch verlag, erlenbach-zürich/stuttgart, 1957
printer: buchdruckerei winterthur ag
size: 27 x 21 cm
designer: (unknown)

a swiss book on 1950s furniture by an uncredited designer.

the asymmetric lowercase titles, mostly grid-based photo placement, multi-language multi-column text, ...

... and sansserif typeface – although for once not the ubiquitous akzidenz-grotesk – ...

are typically "1950s swiss".

i don't know much about the editors.

numerous photo examples feature rooms with furniture distributed by wohnbedarf, zürich. among the photographers are eidenbenz, finsler, and wolgensinger.