Avantgarde design, 1880-1930 / Torsten Bröhan, Thomas Berg ; [photographed by Angela Bröhan, Walter Klein and Horst Kolberg ; English translation, Ishbel Flett ; French translation, Annie Berthold].
Objects held at the Torsten Bröhan Archive in Düsseldorf.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 175) and index.
Contents
Avantgarde design 1880-1930 -- New concepts for a new century -- The werkbund: vnaguagrd of industrial design -- Art school reform: the Bauhaus and Burg Giebichenstein -- International style -- Biographies.
Summary
The earliest pioneers of 20th-century design are the subject of this book, which is devoted to the development of avant-garde design from 1880 to 1930. On display are almost 200 originals, including the MT8 table-lamps by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and tubular steel furniture by Marcel Breuer.
