Delft Kabels / N.V. Nederlandsche Kabelfabriek (Delft Cables/ Dutch Cable Factory)
INV-1994bookpaper
Date
1933
Medium
Illustrated book, color photomontages throughout, cover embossed with silver on blue boards
Dimensions
21.5 × 18 × 1 cm (8 1/2 × 7 1/8 × 7/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund
Delft Kabels by Piet Zwart was a catalogue for Nederlandse Kabelfabriek (NFK), a Dutch cable manufacturer. Zwart, a self-proclaimed typotekt (typographer-architect), employed aspects of Constructivism and De Stijl in his typographic works, but he never believed in belonging to a particular artistic movement. Given complete artistic freedom in regard to NFK’s graphic identity, Zwart experimented with asymmetry, stark contrast, blocks of color, photomontage, and dynamic typefaces—hallmarks of the burgeoning New Typography movement. In 2000 Piet Zwart was posthumously awarded Designer of the Century by the Association of Dutch Designers.
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