Wilhelm Wagenfeld: (1900-1990) [Hardcover]

Volker Albus (Author), Bernd Altenstein (Author), Tilmann Buddensieg (Author), Carlo Burschel (Author), Siegfried Gronert (Author), Kathrin Hager (Author), Rudiger Joppien (Author), Heinz Scheiffele (Author), Walter Scheiffele (Author), Peter Schmitt (Author), Klaus Struve (Author), Beate Manske (Editor), Wilhelm Wagenfeld (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: July 2, 2000

Wilhelm Wagenfeld was undeniably one of the pioneers of German industrial design. Like no other representative of his craft, he devoted his skill and gift for invention to radically improving industrial mass production and to "redefining the weight of things." Many of his clear, functional designs went on to become classics of timeless beauty--like the Bauhaus lamp, a standard to this day, which Wagenfeld created as a twenty-four-year-old student at the Weimar Bauhaus; or the stackable Kubus storage vessels he designed in 1938; or the salt and pepper shakers from 1952 that are still widely bought and admired today for their functionality and their contribution to postwar German culture. William Wagenfeld (1900-1990) marks the centennial of the designer's birth, presenting his oeuvre in the context of important contemporaries for the first time. The contributing authors shed light upon the designer's output and its perception today from a wide range of perspectives, affirming the ever-growing relevance of Wagenfeld's designs and ideas.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About the Author

Wilhelm Wagenfeld was born in Bremen, Germany in 1900, and studied at the Weimar Bauhaus from 1923 to 1925. In the early 1930s he became a professor at the Staatliche Kunsthochschule in Berlin and also began designing glassworks for the manufacturer Schott & Gen. From 1950 onward he did freelance work for numerous firms including WMF, Lindner, and Peill & Putzler, among others. In 1954 he founded the Werkstatt Wagenfeld and co-founded the magazine "Form" in 1958. He died in 1990 in Stuttgart.

Product Details

Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers (July 2, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3775708863
ISBN-13: 978-3775708869
Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,279,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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