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Wiener WerkstätteEnglish Vienna WorkshopsCooperative enterprise for crafts and design founded in Vienna in 1903. Inspired by William Morris and the English Arts and Crafts Movement, it was founded by Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann with the goal of restoring the values of handcraftsmanship to an industrial society in which such crafts were dying. Its members had close ties to the artists of the Vienna Sezession and the Art Nouveau movement. The Wiener Werkstätte's work in jewelry, furnishings, interior design, fashion, and other areas, which often celebrated the beauty of geometry, became widely known for elegance and innovation, and this “square style” influenced the work of the Bauhaus craftsmen in the 1920s as well as the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Language-free, they engage instead in a play of ultra-chic styling that conflates, for instance, the Arcadian longings of William Morris's organic patterning with the arch machine-age geometries of the Wiener Werkstatte, protopsychedelia and retro-futurism, accentuated with the exposed seams of early-'80s DIY pop culture. YEARNING FOR BEAUTY: THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF WIENER WERKSTATTE The Amsterdam Arts &Design Fair features all of the many styles and movements that characterize the period ranging from the late 19th to the late 20th century, including Jugendstil, Art Nouveau and its Dutch exponent Nieuwe Kunst, Wiener Werkstatte, Amsterdam School, De Stijl, Bauhaus, and Art Deco. |
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