DE ARCHITECTS
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S-486
year 1988-1989
material metal, wood
source title The International Design Yearbook 5
info The most interesting development of the decade is the emergence of the Berlin underground, an avantgarde movement that includes some extraordinary talent. Their designs reflect the first major attempt to rebel against the staid correctness of modern German design. The furniture shows obvious distortions of the Bauhaus school, blatantly delineated in tubular steel and leather. There are also some weird perversions of familar domestic furniture from young sculptors and designers who prefer to call themselves carpenters. This alternate movement began in 1988, during the prepartions for the 1989 Cultural City of Europe celebrations. To mark the event in Berlin’s calendar, 64 household products from 14 different design groups were commissioned and built under the umbrella of Designwerkstatt. The built-in loudspeakers are height-adjustable.
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year 1988-1989
material metal, wood
source title The International Design Yearbook 5
info The most interesting development of the decade is the emergence of the Berlin underground, an avantgarde movement that includes some extraordinary talent. Their designs reflect the first major attempt to rebel against the staid correctness of modern German design. The furniture shows obvious distortions of the Bauhaus school, blatantly delineated in tubular steel and leather. There are also some weird perversions of familar domestic furniture from young sculptors and designers who prefer to call themselves carpenters. This alternate movement began in 1988, during the prepartions for the 1989 Cultural City of Europe celebrations. To mark the event in Berlin’s calendar, 64 household products from 14 different design groups were commissioned and built under the umbrella of Designwerkstatt. The built-in loudspeakers are height-adjustable.
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