Utrecht Armchair designed by gerrit thomas rietveld in 1935. Gerrit t. Rietveld came up with the design for the utrecht armchair in 1935 while working for the metz & co. Department store in amsterdam, where his brief was to make a chair for serial production. Taking market needs into account, while privileging a comfortable and relaxing experience, led to the elements of the chair being treated as separate units. As a consequence, the chair became an icon of both the neoplastic movement.
