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Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900-1990)
- Title
- Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900-1990) / edited by Beate Manske, on behalf of the Wilhelm Wagenfeld Stiftung, Bremen.
- Author
- Wagenfeld, Wilhelm.
- Publication
- Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantz, ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | TS140.W34 W5513 2000 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 206 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 29 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- 100 years of Wilhelm Wagenfeld
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Note
- "Catalogue to accompany the exhibition '100 Years of Wilhelm Wagenfeld,' at Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus, Bremen, 31 May to 31 October 2000"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204).
- Contents
- "Redefining the Weight of Things": The Hundredth Anniversary of Wilhelm Wagenfeld's Birth / Tilmann Buddensieg -- From Material to Model: Wagenfeld and the Metal Workshops at the Bauhaus and at the Bauhochschule in Weimar / Siegfried Gronert -- A Design Makes History: Wilhelm Wagenfeld's Bauhaus Lamp / Beate Manske -- The Experiment: Schott & Gen. in Jena / Walter Scheiffele -- The Model Precedent: The Lausitzer Glassworks at Weisswasser / Walter Scheiffele -- Diversity and Consolidation: Wilhelm Wagenfeld's Achievements in the Design of Lamps and Lucent Units / Klaus Struve -- Wilhelm Wagenfeld's Designs for the Porcelain Industry / Peter Schmitt -- Observations on the Drawings of Wilhelm Wagenfeld / Bernd Altenstein -- "no one else went as far": Wilhelm Wagenfeld and his Position as a Designer in Post-War Germany -- a tentative review / Rudiger Joppien -- Wilhelm Wagenfeld at the WMF: His "artistic collaboration in the factory" in the light of economic aspects / Carlo Burschel and Heinz Scheiffele -- Wilhelm Wagenfeld Today / Volker Albus -- Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Biography.
- ISBN
- 3775708863
- 9783775708869
- 3775708855
- 9783775708852
- LCCN
- 2001359314
- OCLC
- ocm46806100
- 46806100
- SCSB-1144196
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library