Colour Extravaganza, Thonet Design Classic featured in Bauhaus Museum, Furniture Design
Thonet Design Classic featured in Bauhaus Museum
27 Oct 2020
Colour Extravaganza
Colour extravaganza ? Thonet design classic featured in Bauhaus museum

Jay Gard creates a special edition of the B 9 tubular steel stool for visitor seating at the Bauhaus Museum Dessau, plus two limited ?artist?s editions?

The Bauhaus centenary was cause for a multitude of celebrations in 2019. The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation opened a new museum that showcases an extensive collection of original pieces with a connection to the famous art school, as well as contemporary work. One of these pieces is the B 9 tubular steel stool, first designed by Marcel Breuer in 1926 and now revamped by Jay Gard for the Bauhaus Museum Dessau and Thonet GmbH: there are precisely 100 of these one-off colourful stools designed by Gard as visitor seating for the museum. The colour concept of his vibrant artwork entitled ?Margaretha? is based on the hues of a children?s room carpet designed by Margaretha (Grete) Reichardt, one of the most successful Bauhaus artists, in 1929. He has also designed two artist?s editions (Margaretha 2 and 3), which can be purchased from the museum shop.
During his Bauhaus Centenary Residency in the summer of 2019, Jay Gard (born 1984 in Halle/Saale) worked extensively with furniture pieces created during the Bauhaus period. ?For me, the B 9 by Marcel Breuer, with its brilliant design and perfect inte...