The work Austria’s premier design and fabrication store—specializing in fashionable and complicated objects for the house in bronze, horn, wooden, wicker, leather-based, and glass for over a century—is collected in Carl Auböck: The Workshop.The Werkstätte (Workshop) Carl Auböck was based within the 19th century—one among many workshops in Vienna specializing in bronze-casting. Nonetheless, Carl Auböck II (1900-1957) was one of many only a few Viennese college students who attended the Bauhaus in post-World Battle I Weimar, and when he returned to the Workshop he introduced inspiration from this new design motion. Professional craftsmanship and superior high quality supplies corresponding to hand-sewn leather-based, polished bronze, and varied woods grew to become the signature of the Bauhaus-inspired Auböck Workshop and lots of of their whimsical, modernist designs stand out as prescient objets d’artwork.Carrying on generations of the Workshop custom, son Carl Auböck III (1924-1993) and grandson Carl Auböck IV (born 1954) had been instrumental in forging forward with new concepts and designs whereas preserving the standard craftsmanship and integrity of the Workshop which right now stays among the many final of its variety. Regardless of designing over 6,000 authentic objects and items of furnishings within the early to mid-20th century, Auböck one way or the other has eluded the highlight and the Workshop’s merchandise stay cult objects of want, cherished quietly by design greats and savvy collectors. Extra extremely, just one quarter of the Workshop’s designs have been documented, leaving an astounding 4,000 objects but to be “found.”Carl Auböck: The Workshop paperwork tons of of signature Workshop objects culled from unique personal collections, and brings us into the Workshop itself with up to date images, interviews with Carl Auböck IV, and historic paperwork and pictures depicting the Workshop’s historic legacy.“…The unusual and luminous world of the Viennese designer Carl Auböck (1900–57). A grasp of elemental supplies like brass, leather-based, wooden and horn, Auböck had a aptitude for exquisitely turned curios—paperweights, corkscrews, pipe holders—that also exert a magnetic pull… His bigger works—Nakashima-like free-edge picket tables with spindly brass legs, leather-slingmagazine racks, gooseneck lamps that evoke alien vegetation from 1950s sci-fi flicks—have their followers. However…the smaller family and workplace objects from the 1940s and ’50s have made Auböck a full-blown cult hero. Beloved by contemporaries like Charles and Ray Eames and Walter Gropius, these items at the moment are hunted down by collectors the likes of Michael Maharam and Diane von Furstenberg.”— The New York Instances, T Journal, “Brass in Pocket, Carl Auböck’s Beautiful Curios,” Could 20, 2010
Carl Aubock: The Workshop
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The work Austria’s premier design and fabrication shop—specializing in modern and sophisticated objects for the home in bronze, horn, wood, wicker, leather, and glass for over a century—is collected in Carl Auböck: The Workshop.The Werkstätte (Workshop) Carl Auböck was founded in the 19th century—one of many workshops in Vienna specializing in bronze-casting. However, Carl Auböck II (1900-1957) was one of the very few Viennese students who attended the Bauhaus in post-World War I Weimar, and when he returned to the Workshop he brought inspiration from this new design movement. Expert craftsmanship and superior quality materials such as hand-sewn leather, polished bronze, and various woods became the signature of the Bauhaus-inspired Auböck Workshop and many of their whimsical, modernist designs stand out as prescient objets d’art.Carrying on generations of the Workshop tradition, son Carl Auböck III (1924-1993) and grandson Carl Auböck IV (born 1954) were instrumental in forging ahead with new ideas and designs while preserving the quality craftsmanship and integrity of the Workshop which today remains among the last of its kind. Despite designing over 6,000 original objects and pieces of furniture in the early to mid-20th century, Auböck somehow has eluded the spotlight and the Workshop’s products remain cult objects of desire, cherished quietly by design greats and savvy collectors. More incredibly, only one quarter of the Workshop’s designs have been documented, leaving an astounding 4,000 objects yet to be “discovered.”Carl Auböck: The Workshop documents hundreds of signature Workshop objects culled from exclusive private collections, and brings us into the Workshop itself with contemporary photographs, interviews with Carl Auböck IV, and historical documents and photographs depicting the Workshop’s historic legacy.“…The strange and luminous world of the Viennese designer Carl Auböck (1900–57). A master of elemental materials like brass, leather, wood and horn, Auböck had a flair for exquisitely turned curios—paperweights, corkscrews, pipe holders—that still exert a magnetic pull… His larger works—Nakashima-like free-edge wooden tables with spindly brass legs, leather-slingmagazine racks, gooseneck lamps that evoke alien plant life from 1950s sci-fi flicks—have their fans. But…the smaller household and office objects from the 1940s and ’50s have made Auböck a full-blown cult hero. Beloved by contemporaries like Charles and Ray Eames and Walter Gropius, these pieces are now hunted down by collectors the likes of Michael Maharam and Diane von Furstenberg.”— The New York Times, T Magazine, “Brass in Pocket, Carl Auböck’s Exquisite Curios,” May 20, 2010
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