On Tuesday evening I attended a lecture about Josef Frank organized by the Swedish store, . The lecture was held by Kristina Wängberg-Eriksson, Fil.lic, and author of two books about Josef Frank. I really recommend you to go to this lecture. She is probably one of the few people that have studied Frank and his work so thoroughly as she has. So the stories and things she had to say about his design were truly enjoyable. Most of all, it gave me lots of ideas and inspiration.
Briefly about Josef - if you haven’t met him or his work:
He was born 1885 and passed away 1967, so many of you probably never met him including myself. Frank was born in Baden bei Vienna. He studied architecture 1903-08. - but he designed much more than houses… He designed more than 2200 pieces of furniture, different patterns for carpets, upholstery and many more things. He had a nice idea about furniture not taking to much place in the room, especially cupboards that he gave an Asian-like design. The cabinets and cupboards where often put on tall legs making you see the whole room character… Of course their is lots more to tell about him, but I’m going to round it off now and see if you can tell that this lecture has inspired me a little extra.
If you ever get the chance to go to ”Svenskt Tenn”, which is situated in Stockholm, Sweden, you should go. They have lots more than just Josef Frank designs.
The thing is - his designs really catch your eye!
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