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Materials

• Apr 30 2008
  Conférence Armchair by Jean Prouvé by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Art, Design, History of Design, Inspiration, Materials, Product Design, furniture, history, wood

  Jean Prouvé has done some fascinating nearly-Bauhaus work, including this c. 1950 armchair. It does have Bauhaus school elements such as the sharp color contrast and choice of colors as well as the textural contrast of metal and Leatherette. I would very much like to admire this piece in person.
  
  
• Apr 04 2008
  Christian Dell by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Design, History of Design, Materials, Politics, Product Design, history

  Christian Dell was a German silversmith who is probably best known for his lamp designs through Gebr. Kaiser & Co. They represent the use of bakelite and plastics in products as early as 1929. According to the Wikipedia page, Walter Gropius invited him to America after Dell was forced from the Frankfurt art school by the Nazis, but Dell stayed in Germany. Now... Walter Gropius was the founder of the Bauhaus school at Weimar before it was shut down by the Nazis. Gropius eventually found himself in America and became the director of the Harvard Graduate School of ...
  
  
• Jan 29 2008
  A functional bicycle, made entirely of wood by Eric Silva
  Bicycle, Engineering, Materials, wood

  The Italian newspaper La Repubblica published photos of an all wood bicycle (everything, including a working chain with plates, pins, and rollers) created by the 16 year old American student Marco Facciola. The photos are pretty amazing. Despite the current fixed gear trend, he made things difficult for himself and created an all wood freewheel. The chain is a real marvel. It appears he used a few different types of wood. Note each pin has its own cotter. Here's what the complete machine looks like. Perhaps the Perpenduum crew will run into him at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Portland next ...
  
  

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