Thonet Design Classic in Bauhaus Museum
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...
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