Deutscher Werkbund Movement

The Deutscher Movement was founded in Munich, Germany in 1892 by Herman Muthesius. This movement translates to German workshop and is very similar to the Arts and Crafts movement.  Germany wanted civilians to protest against the artistic establishment and set the stage for International style and Art Deco style.  German design needed to become more modernized so there was a collaboration between design professional and product manufactures to improve competitiveness. 

 

 

The workshop provides the opportunity to assess recent scientific advances and exchange ideas on the theory of infinite state systems.  A few year later in 1903, the Vienna workshop was established.  Otherwise known as the Vienna Secession, this workshop partnered with the Werkbund workshop and influenced the Bauhaus Designers. 

 

 

This exhibition building, shown above, designed by Josef Olbrich, was symbolic of a "proto-modern" building.  The style was very geometric with curvilinear artwork.  Speaking of artwork, Gustav Klimt was a famous Austrian painter and made a huge impact during the Vienna Secession.

 

Otto Wagner was an architect who designed furniture to resemble his architecture.  The Austrian Postal Savings Bank was one of his most famous buildings with cube shaped furniture. Adolf Loos, Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser were three other important designers and architects whose furniture style influenced this movement. 

This video shows some example of Koloman Moser's work as an artist and designer!

 

 

 

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Discussion:

I looked at Sammy's blog and I like how informative she was about this movement and her pictures really went well with her descriptions.  I also looked at Katie K's blog.  She really captured my attention with all of her pictures, especially with her current applications.  She went into depth about this movement starting from the early times and showed how it grew from person to person.

You can view their blogs here:
Sammy: http://history2sev.blogspot.com/
Katie: http://history2krk.blogspot.com/