The official Journal of the „Deutscher Werkbund“

Form, Die. Zeitschrift für gestaltende Arbeit. Vol. 5, 1930. Issue 1-24 (all).

Edited by Walter Riezler.

Berlin, Verlag Hermann Reckendorf 1930.

616 pp., (8) pp. index, (24) pp. „Mitteilungen des Deutschen Werkbundes“, with numerous photo illustrations.

30 x 21 cm. Original wrappers, photo illustrated covers.

EUR 750

The official Journal of the Deutsche Werkbund. Main emphasis is on the new movement in architecture, there is good coverage of many aspects of design, including photography and film, typography etc.

Volume 5 contains articles by: Otto Neurath “Das Sachbild” and „Die neue Zeit im Lichte der Zahlen“; Roger Ginsburger “Pariser Momentaufnahmen”; Marcel Breuer “Beiträge zur Frage des Hochhauses”; Otto Haesler “Die doppelgeschossige Etagenwohnung”; Heinrich de Fries “Neue Pläne von Frank Lloyd Wright”; Johannes Itten „Pädagogische Fragmente einer Formenlehre“; Adolf Behne „Dammerstock“; Mies van der Rohe „Die neue Zeit“; and many others.

Two issues are torn at the spine; overall, the covers show slight dusting; a lovely, complete set in the original issues.