"I assure you that you and your work are the model case for what the Bauhaus has been after" wrote Walter Gropius to Wilhelm Wagenfeld in April 1965. Just how Wilhelm Wagenfeld developed that "model case" "after" Bauhaus is explored, at least in terms of one design genre, in that genre for which Wilhelm Wagenfeld is most popularly known as a Bauhaus model, in the exhibition Wilhelm Wagenfeld: Lamps at the Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus Bremen. Tropfen (l) & Düren (r) by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for
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More or less...... .....while 3 of the 5 have a direct connection to Bauhaus, 5 of the 5 are very much in the spirit of the attempts of inter-War architects and designers to reform architecture and design, to establish a new architecture and design for the new society, attempts in which Bauhaus played an important role. And for those seeking escape from Dessau and Weimar, figuratively not physically, we refer you to our more general 5 New Architecture & Design Exhibitions for May 2019
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"The purpose of an object is of secondary importance" claimed the German designer and artist Wilhelm Wagenfeld, "the use however is more relevant, explains the multi-faceted relationship of individuals to those objects which surround them. With use develops culture, the overcoming of a perceived raison d'etre"1 To celebrate their 20th anniversary the Bremen based Wilhelm Wagenfeld Foundation are currently hosting "Die Form ist nur Teil des Ganzen" - "The Form is Only a Part of the Composition"
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Yesterday afternoon took us over the border to Thüringen and the opening of the annual summer exhibition at the Bauhaus Univeristy Weimar. Our full review of Summaery 2010 will follow in the coming days, along with those of the summer shows at Burg Giebichenstein, UDK Berlin, KH Weissensee Berlin and the HGB Leipzig. Until then a couple of photos, and the recommendation that if you are in or near Weimar - or indeed merely using the A4 through Thüringen - a quick stop at the Bauhaus Uni is
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While we are in Milan enriching the good and fair minded hoteliers of the north-Italian Metropolis; life here in Germany will continue in its normal, non-bloodsucking, non-money grabbing way. Oh yes, we're bitter. And we don't believe that all the other Milan attendees find the hotel prices fair. Just they are too cowardly to publicly complain. Milan Design Week is a rip off and everybody knows it. Just know one dare speak it..... However, back to the topic in hand. Thursday 15th April
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Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Save for a company from South Tirol, In hopes that unwary Christmas shoppers would buy their illegal unlicensed copies of Bauhaus classics In a lesser known version of his 1822 classic “A Visit from St. Nicholas", Clement Clarke Moore eerily predicted events some 180 years later whereby, as part of a Christmas sales promotion, a "known" producer of unlicensed copies of Bauhaus classics
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We're just a touch late with this one, but since July 22nd the Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin has been showing the exhibition "Bauhaus. A Conceptual Model". For the first time, the three German Bauhaus institutions - Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, Museum für Gestaltung, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau and Klassik Stiftung Weimar - are uniting to present a comprehensive Bauhaus retrospective. “Bauhaus. A Conceptual Model” recounts the story of the Bauhaus in a comprehensive presentation of the works of its
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One of Europe's most important design institutions today celebrates the 90th anniversary of its establishment. For fans of purist design Bauhaus is the first and last word. Designs such as the B3 "Wassily Chair" by Marcel Breuer, the Nesting Tables from Josef Albers or the WA24 lamp form Wilhelm Wagenfeld defining an approach to the combination of style and form that has lost none of its modernity nor individuality over the decades. Where the furniture and buildings rarely strayed from the
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There are a range of Bauhaus classics that on account of their form, history or there functionality are universally known and admired. To this group belongs the so-called „Bauhaus Lamp“ from Wilhelm Wagenfeld. The “Bauhaus Lamp”,officially known as WG 25 GL , is protected by copyright and may only be produced by TECNOLUMEN® smow naturally only offer the copyrighted and from Prof. Wagenfeld authorised edition. Wilhelm Wagenfeld designed the „Bauhaus Lamp“ during his time at Bauhaus in Weimar
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