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Who Designed the Barcelona Chair?
Designer
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Location
Germany
Year
1929
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is fairly well-known, Sergius Ruegenberg less so. This architect was the driving force behind two of the most legendary Mies models: the Weissenhof chair and the Barcelona Chair. Does design history now need to be rewritten?
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Sketch of the Barcelona chair, 1929 – commissioned by Mies van der Rohe, Sergius Ruegenberg drew this sketch
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Collage of sketches for the Barcelona Chair, Sergius Ruegenberg 1977
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Collage by Sergius Ruegenberg, 1988 – to this day it is still not clear who the creator of the Barcelona Chair actually was
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Letter from Sergius Ruegenberg, 1988 – Axel Bruchhäuser researched the origins of the Barcelona Chair
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