Wim Rietveld: Pioneer of Functional Minimalism Wim Rietveld (1924–1985) was a Dutch industrial & furniture designer, son of Gerrit Rietveld – an architect whose groundbreaking Mondrian House remains one of the most iconic buildings of the modernist era. From his early years in Utrecht, Wim inherited his father’s unwavering belief in simplicity and geometric abstraction as tools for creating beautiful and purposeful objects. This influ…