Title & Author:

Desk in exile : a Bauhaus object traversing different modernities / Bauhaus Lab 2016 ; head of the programme, Regina Bittner.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Dessau-Roßlau : Bauhaus Dessau Foundation ; Leipzig : Spector Books, 2017.
©2017

Description:

149 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 15 cm

Series:

Bauhaus Taschenbuch ; 20

Notes:
Catalog of the exhibition held at Bauhaus Dessau, August 4-December 4, 2016.
"Based upon studies carried out by the participants of the Bauhaus Lab 'Desk in exile', a three-months research program of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation in 2016"--Colophon.
"Published in the context of the Bauhaus Lab 2016 exhibition 'Desk in exile' at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation from 4 August to 4 December 2016"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

The Bauhaus lab forms a three-month research community comprising eight international participants -- young professional working in the fields of design and architecture as designers, curators or researchers. Bauhaus Lab 2016 follows the travel routes of Walter Gropius' desk. Designed as part of a cohesive ensemble for the first Bauhaus exhibition in 1923, then in use in the director's room in the Bauhaus building in Dessau before being temporarily located in the Lawn Road Flats in London. Today the original is found in Lincoln, Massachusetts (USA). The Bauhaus Lab explores these transatlantic movements and in doing so makes the iconic desk itself a player in a constantly changing set of locations and social environments. The Lab will yield artistic and curatorial ideas about the communication of object-based histories of exile.

ISBN:

9783959051224 (paperback)
3959051220 (paperback)

Subject:

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.
Bauhaus Exhibitions.
Bauhaus.
Architect-designed furniture Germany History 20th century Exhibitions.
Furniture design Germany History 20th century Exhibitions.
Desks Germany History 20th century Exhibitions.
Meubles conçus par des architectes Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Meubles Design Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Bureaux (Mobilier) Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architect-designed furniture.
Desks.
Furniture design.
Germany.

Form/genre:

Exhibition Publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Exhibition publications.

Added entries:

Bittner, Regina, editor.
Bittner, Regina editor.
Reese, Achim editor
Szymczak, Katja editor
Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau host institution
Bauhaus Taschenbuch ; 20.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 296039
Call No.: BIB 242416
Status: Available