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some chairs by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

 created: November 1999
 
 
The Transatlantic The Lounge Chair by Mies Van Der Rohe from 1932
Mies is practically a synonime for the Bauhaus. This chair is the result of the current Bauhaus research for the use of new materials and consequently new forms in furniture design.
The famous Barcelona Chair was developed by Mies for the German Pavillon on the World Fair from 1929. This chair is practically the elected symbol of the Modern Movement, known to design for mass production. Actually it can be only produced in an artigianal way; welding joints and upholstery being work intensiv. Its modernity is in fact limited to the materials and the innovativ form.
want to know more about design in the Bauhaus? look at these links
http://craton.geol.BrockU.CA/guest/jurgen/BAU1.HTM
http://geocities.datacellar.net/SoHo/Atrium/1473/breuer.htm

 
 
 
 
 
note 1 Hans Jaffé, De Stijl, Thames and Hudson, 1970, p.131
note 2 Floyd Merrell, Signs and Meanings, p.298
note 3 Floyd Merrell, op.cit., p.351
note 4 Floyd Merrell, Semiotics in the Postmodern Age, p.93
note 5 Gareth Knight, A practical Guide to Quabalistic Symbolism, Samuel Weiser, York Beach, Maine, 1978 (1965). p.113ff
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