Wiener werkstatte

Josef Hoffmann's hand-stenciled announcement for the opening of the first Weiner Werkstätte showroom in Vienna is in the Julius Paul Collection.

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Digitally leafing through an old catalog about art and design from Vienna's Wiener Werkstatte (Viennese Workshop) I came across this illustr...

Koloman Moser, Original Design for Opening of Wiener Werkstätte Showroom (1905)

Wiener Werkstätte Identity - Vienna Secession Design - designers Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, & Dagobert Peche, 1903–1932 #print #design #hoffman

Three vases for violets by Michael Powolny. Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna 1900.

Decorex International is the daddy of all design shows and it opens in London a week on Sunday. Huzzah! Founded as a “small, exclusive and very targeted exhibition of high end interior design…

WW (Wiener Werkstätte): Iterations of a Monogram, 1905–1931

There are some interesting fabric pieces to see at the National Gallery of Victoria Vienna Art and Design exhibition, although I could have done with more of Josef Hoffman's Wiener Werkstätte textile designs.

*Josef Hoffmann* and *Adolf Loos* were an integral part of a period during the late 19th and early 20th centuries when long-established viewpoints on the arts would be vehemently challenged. There was a drive to renounce traditional modes of thinking about art, design and architecture and to present a modern mindset. Aligned with this was a growing interest in an international art trend and the formation of outspoken artist groups that were often akin to political parties.