Gelderland 430 cube
By Jan des Bouvrie
In 1969 Gelderland founder Koene Oberman visited the Good Living furniture shop of the des Bouvrie family in Bussum. Jan - young and ambitious - managed to convince him with his first design sketches. That same year his Gelderland 430 ‘Kubus’ sofa was launched. Jan des Bouvrie would become Holland’s best-known designer and architect. His cubist design was crucial to Gelderland’s success. Over the years, Jan des Bouvrie's pieces of furniture have been rewarded with numerous awards and distinctions and the 430 Kubus sofa is included in the collections of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Centraal Museum Utrecht.