Deutscher Werkbund
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The Deutscher Werkbund is a German association of artists, architects, designers and industrialists established in 1907. The Werkbund became an important element in the development of modern architect
Building by Mies van der Rohe in the Weissenhof Estate (1927)
1914 exhibition poster by Peter Behrens
"Weißenhof chair", by Mies van der Rohe with canework upholstery by Lilly Reich (c. 1927)
Peter Behrens
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Peter Behrens was a leading German architect, graphic and industrial designer, best known for his early pioneering AEG Turbine Hall in Berlin in 1909. He had a long career, designing objects, typeface
Deutscher Werkbund
…Darmstadt, Germany, in 1899, to form an artists' colony at the invitation of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse. The Werkbund was founded by Olbrich, Peter Behrens, Richard Riemerschmid, Bruno Paul and others in 1907 in Munich at the instigation of Hermann Muthesius, existed through 1934, then re-established after…
Portrait of Peter Behrens in 1908 by Rudolf Dührkoop
Behrens' house at the Darmstadt Artists' Colony: music room, with Schiedmayer grand piano 1901
Industrial clock designed by Behrens for AEG in 1909
Three versions of the famous water kettle: 1,75L 1,25L and 0,75L