Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Marcel Breuer Biography & Information

What the press say about Classic Design Shop: The business concept is simple: design furniture in good quality hammered prices.
Marcel Breuer
Known to his friends and associates as Lajkó, Breuer studied and taught at the Bauhaus in the 1920s. Breuer was eventually appointed to a teaching position as head of the school's carpentry workshop. He then practiced in Berlin, designing houses and businesses. In the 1920s and 1930s, Breuer led the way of designing tubular steel furniture. Later in his career he would also turn his attention to the creation of modern and new wooden furniture.

Marcel Breuer designed more than seventy private houses as well as numerous university and office buildings. Some of his well known designs are the Wassily Chair, Cesca Chair, Laccio Table and the S44 Bookcase. He was indeed one of the most important Modernists.


 

Tubular Steel Wassily Chair Marcel Breuer Classicdesignshop Italian Design
Wassily Chair »
Marcel Breuer Cesca Chair S32 with arm rests Classicdesignshop Italian
Cesca Chair S32 »
Set of long and short Laccio Tables Marcel Breuer Classicdesignshop
Laccio Table Set »
Bookcase S44 Marcel Breuer Classicdesignshop Italian Design
Bookcase S44 »