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Otti Berger : weaving for modernist architecture
Title
Otti Berger : weaving for modernist architecture / edited by Judith Raum for the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung; with contributions from Esther Cleven, Magdalena Droste, Tanya Harrod, Juliet Kinchin, Corinna A. Rader, Judith Raum, Katja Stelz.
ISBN
9783775755009
3775755004
Publication
Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2024]
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
351 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Notes
Catalog of an exhibition held at the temporary Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin, 14 March - 24 August, 2024.
Summary
"Otti Berger created fabrics that fundamentally changed the understanding of what textiles could be and do. A core member of the experimental approach to textiles at the Bauhaus, she was also a female entrepreneur in the frenzied time that was the early 1930s in Berlin. Working closely with architects of the New Objectivity movement such as Lilly Reich, Ludwig Hilberseimer and Hans Scharoun, she designed upholstery and wall tapestries, curtains and floor coverings that responded to novel types of use and production methods, and thereby redefined the relationship between aesthetics and function--with fascinating results. To date Berger's textile work has only been explored in fragments. This book is the first comprehensive study of its complexity and beauty and makes her hitherto unpublished treatise on fabrics and the methodology of textile production accessible. Raum's research offers an entirely new perspective on Berger's oeuvre"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Weaving for modernist architecture
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 03, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-348) and index.
Contents
Preface / Annemarie Jaeggi
Introduction / Judith Raum
Otti Berger: atelier for textiles / Judith Raum
Otti Berger: selected theoretical texts on the textile medium and drafts for weaving curricula 1930-38
Otti Berger's materials and techniques / Katja Stelz and Judith Raum
Glossary
Fabrics for walls / Judith Raum : Double weaves: easier installation, sturdy construction, and noise reduction ; Wide ribbon in wall coverings: lighting effects and acoustic influence ; Wall coverings in use ; Wall coverings on colored backgrounds
Textiles and architecture: toward a new unity / Juliet Kinchin
Upholstery fabrics / Judith Raum : Tension fabrics for tubular steel furniture ; Upholstery fabrics of artificial horsehair ; Washable upholstery fabrics ; Upholstery fabrics for domestic interiors: alternatives to "structure fabrics" ; Polychromatic upholstery fabrics: stripes, checks, dots
Cloth chemistry: the synthetic fiber industry and the Bauhaus around 1930 / Esther Cleven
Curtain fabrics / Judith Raum : Window nets, sheer curtains, and light-reducing curtains ; Thicker curtains in twill weave ; Darkening and blackout curtains ; Dividing curtains and doorway curtains ; Room dividers ; Curtain fabric collections
Otti Berger in England 1936-38: hope and disappointment / Tanya Harrod
Carpeting and rugs / Judith Raum : Double-faced weaves and double weaves ; Rugs
Folk influences in Otti Berger's weaving / Judith Raum
Fabrics for bedspreads and daybed covers / Judith Raum : Baby blankets and throws ; Bedspreads and daybed covers
Routes, detours, and coincidences: traces of Otti Berger at the Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin / Corinna A. Rader
Otti Berger and Ludwig Hilberseimer, 1932-44 / Judith Raum
Otti Berger and Ludwig Hilberseimer: failed and successful emigration / Magdalena Droste
Bigraphy Otti Berger.
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