L2 / The birth of industrial design

Ford T, USA, 1909
Futurism’s Manifesto, Le Figaro, 1914
  • Antonio Sant'Elia
    Antonio Sant’Elia
  • Manifesto of Futuristic Architecture, 1914
    Manifesto of Futuristic Architecture, 1914
  • The New City, Antonio Sant'Elia, 1913-1914
    The New City, Antonio Sant’Elia, 1913-1914
  • Red and blue chair, G.T. Rietveld, 1918-23
    Red and blue chair, G.T. Rietveld, 1918-23
  • G.T. Rietveld
    G.T. Rietveld
Maison particulière, Theo van Doesburg and Cornelis van Eesteren, 1923
  • House Rietveld-Schröder, G.T. Rietveld, 1924
    House Rietveld-Schröder, G.T. Rietveld, 1924
  • House Rietveld-Schröder, G.T. Rietveld, 1924
    House Rietveld-Schröder, G.T. Rietveld, 1924
  • El Lissitzky, Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge, 1919
    El Lissitzky, Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge, 1919
  • El Lissitzky, Cloud Iron, 1925
    El Lissitzky, Cloud Iron, 1925
Kazimir Malevich, Suprematist Composition, 1916
Vladimir Tatlin, Monumenti to the 3rd International, 1920
Esprit Nouveau Pavilion at Exposition International des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Le Corbusier e Pierre Jeanneret, Paris, 1925
  • Weissenhof-Siedlung Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Stuttgart, 1925-27
    Weissenhof-Siedlung Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Stuttgart, 1925-27
  • Weissenhof-Siedlung Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Stuttgart, 1925-27
    Weissenhof-Siedlung Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Stuttgart, 1925-27
  • Blick auf die Siedlung und die zahlreichen Besucher.
  • Ads Mercedes
  • Weissenhof-Siedlung Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Stuttgart, 1925-27
    Weissenhof-Siedlung Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Stuttgart, 1925-27
Bauhaus lamp, Karl Jucker e Wilhelm Wagenfeld, 1923-24
Coffee and Tea Set, Marianne Brandt, 1924
Teapot, Marianne Brandt, 1924
Ashtray with Cigarette Holder, Marianne Brandt, 1924
Chair ti 1a, Marcel Breuer, 1923
Wassily chair or chair B3, Marcel Breuer, 1926
Chair B5, Marcel Breuer, 1926-27
Set of four tables, Marcel Breuer, 1926
Cantilever chair prototype, Mart Stam
Cantilever chair S33, Mart Stam, 1926-27
Patented designs by Mart Stam, 1929
Armchair model MR 20, Lilly Reich + Mies van der Rohe, 1927
  • Frankfurt Kitchen Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Frankfurt, 1926
    Frankfurt Kitchen Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Frankfurt, 1926
  • Frankfurt Kitchen Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Frankfurt, 1926
    Frankfurt Kitchen Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Frankfurt, 1926
  • Frankfurt Kitchen Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Frankfurt, 1926
    Frankfurt Kitchen Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Frankfurt, 1926
Man-manikin, Oskar Schlemmer
  • Schocken Department Store, Eric Mendelsohn, Stuttgart, 1928
    Schocken Department Store, Eric Mendelsohn, Stuttgart, 1928
  • Schocken Department Store, Eric Mendelsohn, Stuttgart, 1928
    Schocken Department Store, Eric Mendelsohn, Stuttgart, 1928
  • German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
    German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
  • German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
    German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
  • German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
    German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
  • German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
    German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
  • German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
    German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
  • German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
    German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
  • German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
    German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
  • German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
    German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
  • German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
    German Pavillion at World Exhibition in Barcelona + Barcelona chair Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in collaboration with Lilly Reich, 1929
Great depression, 1929
Pendant lamp (prototype), Alfred Schäfter (design and manufacture), 1931-1932
Adler automobile coachwork, Walter Gropius, 1930
Locomotive for the Pennsylvania Railroad (USA), Raymond Loewy, 1937
20th Century Limited’s locomotive for the New York-Chicago line (USA), Henry Dreyfuss, 1938

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