Protest, provocation and social responsibility: Gerrit Rietveld’s Crate Chair

Update: 2014-08-26

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Designs don’t just have utilitarian or aesthetic functions they can also have economic, social and political ones. Here Emma Curtis, of the Design Museum, discusses examples of designs that are driven by social responsibility.

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Protest, provocation and social responsibility: Gerrit Rietveld’s Crate Chair

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Protest, provocation and social responsibility: Gerrit Rietveld’s Crate Chair

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Protest, provocation and social responsibility: Gerrit Rietveld’s Crate Chair