1900-1920 + Art Deco and Eileen Gray

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Peter Behrens	Considered by some to be the 1st corporate "industrial" Designer.
These three people all worked in Peter Behren's architectural office	Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
Joseph Hoffmann	Influenced heavily by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Purkersdorf Sanitorium Image: Img 1355 (binary/octet-stream)	By Hoffmann, build beyond the edge of the urban centers as a place to isolate people with infectious diseases
Image: Img 1356 (binary/octet-stream)	Patients with tuberculosis spending extended periods or time "parked" in the sun in outdoor spaces
Image: Img 1357 (binary/octet-stream)	"sitzmaschine" - Hoffmann, dramatically reclines to make it easier for patients to breath
Image: Img 1358 (binary/octet-stream)	Cabaret Fledermaus, Postcard by Hoffmann for the Cabaret Fledermaus published by the weiner werkstatte
Palais Stoclet Image: Img 1370 (binary/octet-stream)	Architecture by hoffmann, furnishings were designed by hoffmann and made by the weiner wekstatte
Image: Img 1359 (binary/octet-stream)	"Kubus" - Hoffmann, his favorite detail was the square
Armchair for Haus Kohler Image: Img 1369 (binary/octet-stream)	Hoffmann, Sunburst motif was a recurring theme in art deco work
"curtain wall" design	Where the load bearing supports have been moved inward, allowing windows to cover more of the exterior walls (ex: Fagus shoe factory - Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer)
Red and Blue Chair aka (red, yellow and blue chair)	by Gerrit Rietvel, De stijl color scheme
Image: Img 1360 (binary/octet-stream)	by Eliel Saarinen, honored a Scandinavian folk tradition by having three legged chair which was their way of dealing with uneven floors.
The Darwin Martin House	Frank Lloyd Wright in buffalo NY
Metal Furniture in Larkin Company Office Building	Frank Lloyd Wright, Buffalo NY
"Prairie School" Architecture	Wright's Long, low, rectangular designs form 1900-1910
Dining Room of the Robbie House (tall Chairs)	(like mackintosh) wright used tall chairs to create a room-within-a-room-like atmosphere
Quartersawing	Tightest Grain and resist warping
Eileen Gray	Independently wealthy, way ahead of the curve in terms of style
Seizo Sugawara	Taught Eileen Gray the art of Japanese lacquer
Image: Img 1361 (binary/octet-stream)	Le Destin Screen, Jacques Doucet commissioned this screen and became an important patron of Eileen Gray
"Serpent Chair" Image: Img 1362 (binary/octet-stream)	Sold for $27.9 Million at auction and is the most ever paid for a chair
Joseph Claude Sinel	Claimed he was the "1st established industrial designer in the U.S." but denies coming up with the term
Image: Img 1363 (binary/octet-stream)	"Writing Desk"- Emile-Jaques Ruhlmann, The writing surface is "galuchat" and is the skin of a spotted dogfish
Image: Img 1364 (binary/octet-stream)	"E1027" - Eileen Gray, e: Eileen 10: J (jean) 2: B (badovici) 7: G (gray)
Image: Img 1367 (binary/octet-stream)	"bibendum Chair" - Gray, Named after the Michelin tire company mascot
Image: Img 1368 (binary/octet-stream)	"roquebrune Chair" - Gray, named for the region of France in which both E.1027 and Tempe a pailla were located.

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