Josef Hoffmann: 6 works

'The MAK is in possession of the entire archives of the Wiener Werkstätte (WW), founded in 1903 by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser together with the financier Fritz Waerndorfer.'

'For the dining room and the adjoining glazed veranda of the Sanatorium Westend in Purkersdorf (Lower Austria) Josef Hoffmann designed tables, armchairs, and side chairs, which were executed by the bentwood manufacturers J. & J. Kohn. They correspond to Hoffmann's conviction about the unity of form and function.'

'The Viennese geometrical Jugendstil in furniture design was personified by the adjustable armchair Sitzmaschine (a machina for sitting), designed in 1905 by Josef Hoffmann, originally for the Westend Sanatorium in Purkersdorf near Vienna, and which in 1906 was manufactured as bent-wood furniture by J. & J. Kohn Company, under the catalogue number 669.'

'As a co founder of the Wiener Werkstätte, he and the young company mandated "close contact between the public, designers and craftspeople" as well as the creation of "good and simple household articles."'

'The design of this dress is accredited to Josef Hoffmann, co-founder of the Wiener Werkstätte.'

'Josef Hoffmann's vase for the glass manufactory Loetz readopts the Biedermeier decoration technique of Cameo glass.'