Wilhelm Wagenfeld, the Glossary
Wilhelm Wagenfeld (15 April 1900, Bremen, German Empire — 28 May 1990, Stuttgart, West Germany) was a German industrial designer and former student of the Bauhaus art school.[1]
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26 relations: Bauhaus, Braun (company), Bremen, Dessau, Deutscher Werkbund, Eastern Front (World War II), Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, German Empire, Gestapo, Hanau, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Journeyman, Kunstgewerbeschule, Kunsthalle Bremen, László Moholy-Nagy, Milan Triennial VII, Rosenthal (company), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Schöneberg, Schott AG, Stuttgart, Weißwasser, Weimar, West Germany, Wilhelm Wagenfeld House, WMF Group.
- German industrial designers
Bauhaus
The Staatliches Bauhaus, commonly known as the, was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.
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Braun (company)
Braun GmbH ("brown") is a German consumer products company founded in 1921 and based in Kronberg im Taunus.
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Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: Breem or Bräm), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (Stadtgemeinde Bremen), is the capital of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
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Dessau
Dessau is a district of the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt.
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Deutscher Werkbund
The Deutscher Werkbund (English: "German Association of Craftsmen") is a German association of artists, architects, designers and industrialists established in 1907.
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Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in contemporary German and Ukrainian historiographies, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.
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Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne
The Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life) was held from 25 May to 25 November 1937 in Paris, France.
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German Empire
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.
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Gestapo
The Geheime Staatspolizei, abbreviated Gestapo, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.
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Hanau
Hanau is a city in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany.
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Hatje Cantz Verlag
Hatje Cantz Verlag (English: Hatje Cantz Publishing) is a German book publisher specialising in photography, art, architecture and design.
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Journeyman
A journeyman is a worker, skilled in a given building trade or craft, who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship qualification.
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Kunstgewerbeschule
A Kunstgewerbeschule (English: School of Arts and Crafts or School of Applied Arts) was a type of vocational arts school that existed in German-speaking countries from the mid-19th century.
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Kunsthalle Bremen
The Kunsthalle Bremen is an art museum in Bremen, Germany.
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László Moholy-Nagy
László Moholy-Nagy (born László Weisz; July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school.
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Milan Triennial VII
The Milan Triennial VII was the triennial in Milan sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) on the 9 November 1938.
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Rosenthal (company)
Rosenthal GmbH is a German manufacturer of porcelain products and other household goods.
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Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (abbreviated as RMIT University) is a public research university located in the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.
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Schöneberg
Schöneberg is a locality of Berlin, Germany.
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Schott AG
Schott AG is a German multinational glass company specializing in the manufacture of glass and glass-ceramics.
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Stuttgart
Stuttgart (Swabian: italics) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
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Weißwasser
Weißwasser (Běła Woda) is a town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany.
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Weimar
Weimar is a city in the German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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Wilhelm Wagenfeld House
Wilhelm Wagenfeld House (Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Haus) is a design museum and exhibition centre in Bremen, Germany.
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WMF Group
WMF (formerly known as Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik) is a German tableware manufacturer, founded in 1853 in Geislingen an der Steige.
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See also
German industrial designers
- Alexander Neumeister
- Alfons Bach
- Bodo Sperlein
- Christian Dell
- Dieter Rams
- Dieter Sieger
- Eduard Pestel
- Ferdinand Alexander Porsche
- Hans Erich Slany
- Hans Gugelot
- Hartmut Esslinger
- Herbert Hirche
- Herbert Lindinger
- Ingo Maurer
- Konstantin Grcic
- Lilly Reich
- Marianne Brandt
- Oliver Proske
- Peter Behrens
- Philipp Mohr
- Philipp Rosenthal
- Reinhold Weiss
- Richard Sapper
- Stefan Diez
- Thomas Wagner (designer)
- Udo Gurgel
- Walter Maria Kersting
- Wilhelm Wagenfeld