The erased man. Mart Stam and the collective creativity
Keywords:
Mart Stam, Mies, invention, chair, Van Nelle, creativity, colective.Abstract
The Dutch architect Mart Stam was an outsider of the Modern Movement. Commonly typecast in his role as instigator of the most intransigent hardliners in the rationalist determinism, was nevertheless an original creator, endowed with a particular talent at all scales. His idea of discipline, closer to scientific activity, whose goal is the selfless and anonymous contribution to universal knowledge, was crucial for their participation in some of the most brilliant pages of modernity had been relegated to a testimonial role.