Deutscher Werkbund Movement

The Deutscher Werkbund Movement was founded in Munich, Germany in 1892. By 1899, the design had spread to Vienna, Austria and Berlin, Germany as well. Deutscher Werkbund (translation German workshop) was focused on having the highest quality design to the mass produced output. We can compare this movement to the Arts and Crafts movement, but this time they chose to use machines to achieve designs. 

Stoclet Palace: Brussels (1905-1911)

Josef Hoffmann designed this home for Adolphe Stoclet. The amazing thing about this house was that Josef Hoffmann designed everything for it. Including the structure of the building its self, the interior, and also the furniture for the home.

Morris Chair (1905)

Josef Hoffmann also decided to remodel the Morris Chair that was designed by Philip Webb. This particular chair is made out of beech wood and has a ratcheted back. We can still see the high chair back design that was popular in most chairs during the Arts and Crafts movement.

This is a modern chair that resembles the Kubus Chair designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1910. Even though the original chair is coming back as a modern style, this chair has the same shape and more clean cut lines than the original. The features of the chair are that it is square and fully upholstered. 

Bart Canapé Chair - designed by Barb Schilder. 2012.

This modern chair reminds me of the Palais Stoclet chair. It goes against the cube shape of normal chairs and has the angular back just like the Palais Stoclet chair used in the Great Hall.

The Vienna Secession was a movement to protest against Historicism but not using Art Nouveau. The group of designers that followed this movement were Joseph Olbrich, Gustav Klimt, Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, Josef Hoffmann, and Koloman Moser. The Secession Building was designed by Joseph Olbrich and was designed to symbolize "proto-modern". It was built in 1897. Here is a video I found of some detailing of the outside of the building. 

Secession Building

Peer Discussions: 

I like how in Sammy's blog she showed different patterns being used against each other in her modern picture of a bedroom. Different patterns were something huge with some designers.

I also like in Ali's blog, the 2nd "Today's Applications" picture she used. I see a lot of different pieces of furniture that were modernized from this movement, that were used for different things. This picture brings all of those pieces together.