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The Ulmer Hocker and its four fathers, Hans Gugelot, Paul Hildinger, Josef Schlecker and Max Bill, as seen at The Ulmer Hocker: Idea - Icon - Idol, HfG-Archiv Ulm
Architecture | 08.12.2021

The Ulmer Hocker: Idea ─ Icon ─ Idol at the HfG-Archiv, Ulm

1 x rounded piece of beech, 2 x quadratic pieces of beech, 3 x quadratic pieces of spruce... 1, 2, 3... An Ulmer Hocker1 With the exhibition The Ulmer Hocker: Idea ─ Icon ─ Idol the HfG-Archiv, Ulm, help elucidate that while an Ulmer Hocker is that simple, it is a deceptive, and highly informative, simplicity....... The Ulmer Hocker: Idea - Icon - Idol, HfG-Archiv Ulm The HfG Ulm: Idea - Icon - Idol - Bauhaus Arising from the Ulmer Volkshochschule, a post-War institution initiated by Inge

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Braun 100, Bröhan-Museum, Berlin
Designer | 20.07.2021

Braun 100 at the Bröhan-Museum, Berlin

Braun occupy a special, ¿unique?, position not only in the mythology of product design but also in the (hi)story of West Germany; arguably no brand is as closely related with and to West Germany as Braun. With the exhibition Braun 100 the Bröhan-Museum, Berlin, explore the development of design at Braun in the post-War decades and in doing so help one approach differentiated understandings of not only Braun and Braun design, but also of the relationships between Braun, design and West

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