Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) was a furniture designer and founder of Roycroft, embodying Arts and Crafts principles while advocating social liberty and critiquing war and government.Read More →
Franco Albini’s design work encompassed a wide variety of disciplines, including furniture, interior, and product design, architecture, planning, and museum design. Read More →
Finn Juhl was one of the most influential Danish designers of the 20th century and closely associated with the Danish Modern concept. Juhl was widely known for his furniture design and product design, with a lesser but excellent reputation for architecture and interior design.Read More →
Steen Østergaard is a Danish designer. He studied Kunsthandvraekerskolen, Copenhagen to 1960. 1962-65, he worked with architect Finn Juhl…Read More →
Erik Herlow, a Danish architect and designer, created the innovative 1954 Obelisk stainless steel flatware set, blending functional industrial design with Scandinavian aesthetics throughout his career.Read More →
Jens Risom, a Danish American designer, created influential furniture pieces throughout the 20th century, emphasizing shaped wood and practical designs despite material limitations post-World War II.Read More →
Pierre-Émile Legrain was a French designer known for his innovative bookbinding and furniture influenced by Cubism and African art. He died in 1929.Read More →
Isamu Noguchi united sculpture, furniture, lighting, gardens and public space in a Japanese American practice that challenged boundaries between art and design.Read More →
Kramer’s father was the owner of the most well-known of Frankfurt hat shops. In 1916, immediately after school, Kramer was drawn into military service and remained a soldier through the end of the First World War. The following year he trained at the Bauhaus for a few months before quitting, disillusioned with the technical level of the training, then began a three-year architectural study in Munich with Theodor Fischer.Read More →
Rapin worked as a painter, illustrator, furniture designer, and decorator. From 1903, his furniture was generally simple. From 1910, he began to produce more elaborate designs using exotic materials and carved wood panels by Eve Le Bourgeois and Charles Hairon. These designs were in response to the challenge from the designers of the Münchner Vereeingite Werkstätten für Kunst in Handwerk exhibiting at the Salon of the same year.Read More →