Founded in Amsterdam in January 1918 by the architect H.Th. Wijdeveld, Wendingen became the mouthpiece of the Amsterdam School, celebrated for its radical square format, hand-binding, and a different artist commissioned to design every single cover.
Published as the journal of the architects' association Architectura et Amicitia, Wendingen began with a print run of 650 copies, later rising to 1,300. Wijdeveld served as its sole editor and primary designer from 1918 until 1925, when he resigned at the magazine's height. Over its run the journal devoted single issues to individual artists or themes; among the best known are its Frank Lloyd Wright series, a dedicated woodcut number, a shell-form issue, and a memorial number for Amsterdam School architect Michel de Klerk following his death in 1923.
Contributors and cover designers included El Lissitzky, Eileen Gray, Josef Hoffmann, Gustav Klimt, Erich Mendelsohn, Hildo Krop, Jan Toorop, and Gerrit Rietveld, among many others. Briefly in 1921 the journal issued English, German, and French editions, though this was not sustained. Across its fourteen-year run it published 116 issues before ceasing in 1932.
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51 buildings and projects have been extracted from the issues; a selection is listed here, each opening the issue at its page. See all 51 projects in the project directory.
Architect and graphic designer; founded the journal, served as its sole editor, and designed much of its typography and many covers until resigning in 1925 at the magazine's height.
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