Junkers and the Bauhaus
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Junkers-Flugzeugwerke (Junkers Aircraft Works), one of the pioneers of aircraft construction, was founded in 1919 in Dessau. This is also where, together with Marcel Breuer, the first furniture made of bent steel tubing was created.
Karl Körner also designed his own furniture, in addition to his work at the Junkers factories – including the Junkers-Gartensessel (garden chair) in 1919.
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Junkers airplane, 1920s – Junkers airplanes were made of lightweight corrugated aluminum sheets, using a lightweight design
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Metal workshop in Junkers-Flugzeugwerke, ca. 1925 – an apprentice bends steel tube supports the B3 armchair
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Sketch of the Junkers assembly sled, 1920s – the runners made aircraft construction easier and inspired Breuer
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In 1926, architect, photographer, designer, graphic artist, and painter El Lissitzky declared:
“The static architecture of the Egyptian pyramid is overcome: our architecture rolls, floats, flies. Levitation and oscillation are coming. I want to help invent and shape the form of this new reality.” Lookup Product
