Colourful, geometric textiles that Gunta Stölzl and Anni Albers created during their time at the Bauhaus school have been turned into fabric by New York company Designtex.
Called The Bauhaus Project, Designtex's series comprises eight upholstery textiles and eight digitally printed wall coverings modelled on designs Stölzl, who became head of the Bauhaus weaving workshop, and Albers from the late 1920s.
Gunta Stölzl's textiles have been brought into production by Designtex
Designtex president Susan Lyons came across their designs and was impressed with their craft that she decided to recreate them for everyday use. She got in touch with Stölzl's daughter Monika Stadler, who lives in the Netherlands, and a family friend of the Albers in New York, Lucy Swift Weber, who is part of the Albers Foundation. "We felt strongly that the women hadn't yet gotten as much recognition as they should have," Lyons said.
"This work was so seminal for our field, but also for design in general, that it needed more attention."
A checkboard design by Stölzl is made with a double weave
To recreate the designs into mass-made prints, Designtex referenced geometric plans that were made by the artists on graphic paper, and carefully noted the colours used.
"Both Stölzl and Albers were masters of composition," Weber, who befriended Albers late in her life, told Dezeen. "It was an abstraction that people hadn't seen before in sort of decorative products."
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