Set of 3 modernist chairs, Wim den Boon (1912-1968)

About Wim den Boon:
Wim den Boon (Waddinxveen, 1912) became involved in designing and setting up exhibitions through his work at Unilever. He decided to further develop in this direction and during the Occupation years, he took the Interior Design course at the Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. During his studies, he met Hein Stolle and Pierre Kleykamp; together they formed the ‘Group &’. Along with Honoré Ritter, they sometimes also presented themselves as the ‘Working Group New Architecture’. After the war, they made their mark with competitions and the exhibition ‘The Hague Builds’ at the Gemeentemuseum The Hague in 1946. A major project was the design for the interior and furniture of the international departure hall at Schiphol in 1948. Den Boon became editorial secretary of the magazine ‘Goed Wonen’ and wrote a number of articles for this leading publication on interior architecture. In 1950, he broke away from Goed Wonen and Group &. Den Boon established himself as an independent interior architect in The Hague and, together with Dora Mees and J.W. Jansen, founded the foundation Mens en Huis. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was responsible for many interiors and renovations, mainly in The Hague and the surrounding villa estates. For a number of projects, he collaborated with D. van Woerkom. In Wim den Boon’s work, influences from De Stijl and Gerrit Rietveld are visible, but he was also inspired by Scandinavian designers. After initially working as an interior architect, he also designed houses himself. Wim den Boon passed away at a young age in 1968.

(source: Nieuwe Instituut Collectieplatform)