gunta stölzl

five choirs, jacquered weave in cotton, wool, rayon and silk, 1928

design for a wall hanging, bauhaus dessau, 1927/28

christmas card for maud grote, 1930

watercolor, trude hantschg-arndt, 1926

design for a fabric, 1960s

african or romantic chair by marcel breuer with textile by gunta stölzl, 1921

water-color, signed gunda weihnachten, 1919

cows in landscape 

stölzl wove  her first wall-hanging during the summer vacation in 1920. 

gobelin technique, in part slit formation - warp: cotton. weft: wool & fine mohair

detail of  design for  "slit tapestry red-green",  1927/28

wall hanging, "slit tapestry red-green", 1927/1928

double (front/back) watercolour for a textile, bauhaus weimer

watercolor and pen-and-ink, painted during summer holiday trip to south of france 

inscribed on reverse side: 1927 st. jean de luce

design for a toy animal made of fabric, 1920

thistle 

preliminary course under johannes itten, bauhaus weimar, 1921

untitled, 1921

shoulder bag produced for the swiss national exhibition held in zurich in 1939. 

motif is the national flag - swiss cross - and forms the main pattern of bag while the borders reflect the colors of the city standard.

decorative fabric, mohair, 1964

bergzabern, gouache, 1931

painted box, oil paint on plywood, 1919/1920

gunta stölzl

gunta stölzl (5 march 1897 - 22 april 1983) was a german textile artist. who played a fundamental role in the development of the bauhaus school's weaving workshop. as the bauhaus's only female master she created enormous change within the weaving department. she joined the bauhaus as a student in 1920 at the age of 23, became a junior master in 1927 & a full master the next year. she was dismissed for political reasons in 1931, a year before the bauhaus closed under pressure from the nazis.

the textile department was a neglected part of the bauhaus when stölzl began her career, and its active masters were weak on the technical aspects of textile production. she soon became a mentor to other students and re-opened the bauhaus dye studios in 1921. after a brief departure, she became the school's weaving director in 1925 when it relocated from weimer to dessau & expanded the department to increase its weaving & dyeing facilities. she applied ideas from modern art to weaving, experimented with synthetic materials & improved the department's technical instruction to include courses in mathematics. the bauhaus weaving workshop became one of its most successful facilities under her direction.

covet-able

pocket chair for discipline by DING3000.

love. 

marni salone del mobile chairs

sedia comedor, €260

sedia sala, €380

silla sofa, €300

sedia descanso, €300

dondolo mecedora, €350

sedia mecedora, €300

tavolino mesa para sala, €200

marni designed this 100 chair collection for the salone del mobile in milan from april 17 through 22. they have hired former colombian prison inmates to produce them with the aim of helping them to readjust to a social & working life.

marni will use the chairs as props this spring when it photographs its employees in milan for a photo exhibit by filmmaker francesco jodice.  they will also be used in their offices & stores throughout the world. the chairs will only be sold at the marni boutique in milan with the proceeds being donated to the institute ICAM of milan.  

who wants to get me some the next time they are in milan??? love! 

florinda chair

florinda chair by monica förster for de padova.

the chair comes in solid beech finish with a colorful plastic seat & back. stackable versions are available, with or without armrests.

jean prouvé by g-star raw for vitra

with the cooperation of g-star, the prové family & vitra, prouvés most famous designs have been re-issued with a contemporary flair, while some of his lesser-known designs have been rediscovered. prouvé raw is a collection of newly interpreted furniture classics from french designer & artisan jean prouvé.
you can view them at the fire station by zaha hadid on the vitra campus in weil from june 15 - july 31st.

RU chair

RU chair by shane schneck for HAY.

affinity chair

the affinity chair by designer ben alun-jones.  plastic acrylic sheet & one-way mirror film are used to create a structure that reflects and merges with it's surroundings rendering the chair "invisible".  alun-jones wanted to create a chair "that, in a way, wasn't there. a structure made out of light."
the affinity chair will be featured at the royal college of art interim show (feb. 2-7) as well as at v&a connects with...arts thread (jan. 25) & the v&a digital festival (march 5), both at the victoria & albert museum, london.