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Forum, Vol 06. No. 05-05, 1951

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE:
J. J. P. Oud sixty years
S. Giedion: To the single J. J. P. Oud on his sixtieth birthday
Ir W. van Tijen: On the artistic side of Oud’s work
G. Rietveld: Over Architect Oud
Huib Hoste: Old as a writer
Visual arts at Frederiksplein in Amsterdam

On the cover: Arch. Oud’s design for the Rotterdam Stock Exchange 1926

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Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart
Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was a German abstract artist and designer associated with De Stijl and Concrete Art. His work often features geometric composition and typographic experimentation. Explore related designers including Theo van Doesburg and Piet Zwart. See also De Stijl and 1920s graphic design history.
Forum
Forum was a Dutch architecture and design journal documenting modernist building and applied design in the Netherlands across the twentieth century.

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Forum, Vol 06. No. 05-05, 1951. Design by Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart
Forum, Vol 06. No. 05-05, 1951. Design by Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart
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