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Advert for the Resopal Wunderkanne by Christian Dell, Die Schaulade, Volume 1 1934 (Plastica was a Berlin based sales cooperative for plastic goods)
Design Calendar | 24.02.2017

smow Blog Design Calendar: February 24th 1893 – Happy Birthday Christian Dell!

The German designer and silversmith Christian Dell is arguably best known for the numerous lighting designs he realised during the 1920s and 1930s. Christian Dell was however also one of the pioneers of plastic design. If all too briefly. Christian Dell (1893 - 1974) Born in Offenbach am Main on February 24th 1893 Christian Dell initially completed a silversmith apprenticeship before studying at the Königlichen Zeichenakademie Hanau and subsequently serving as a journeyman silversmith,

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Berlin Design Week Werkschau Sebastian Herkner Rosenthal Berlin tea service wan
ClassiCon | 28.05.2014

(smow) blog compact Berlin Design Week Special: Werkschau Sebastian Herkner at Rosenthal Berlin

Since the late 1950s Bavarian porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal has cooperated with an impressive roster of international designers to create new objects and product families, notable cooperations including those with Raymond Loewy, Walter Gropius, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Jasper Morrison or Patricia Urquiola. One of the firms most recent collaborations is and was with Offenbach am Main based Sebastian Herkner. A graduate of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main, Sebastian Herkner

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