{"product_id":"the-founders-of-the-werkbund-w-owen-harrod-9781848227385","title":"The Founders of the Werkbund: Twenty-Four Pioneers of the Modern Movement","description":"This book is the first, in any language, to provide a comprehensive study of the founders of the German Werkbund: the 12 artists and 12 firms represented at the establishment of the organization in 1907. Although these 24 were not always in agreement, they were committed to a common cause: strongly influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, their aim was to inspire good design and craftmanship in mass-produced goods and architecture. Together they put forward a dialogue about the nature of German culture, both visual and intellectual, and about the character of German design. They were representatives of the regional centres of Germanic culture - in Berlin, Munich, Dresden, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Darmstadt, Weimar, and Vienna - and of craft-based industries throughout Central Europe. The 24 reflected the distribution of their common, German-speaking, socio-economic identities: they were a microcosm of the society they hoped to reform. In shedding light on these highly influential individuals, who were the fore-runners of the Bauhaus, modern architecture and the international style, this book provides a new understanding of how the Werkbund functioned, how it pursued its aims, and how it achieved such a profound and enduring legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. Owen Harrod\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848227388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848227385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"W. Owen Harrod","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47931059175679,"sku":"9781848227385","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b49a1089-48eb-4324-9db7-4c69c3efa68d.jpg?v=1766346165","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-founders-of-the-werkbund-w-owen-harrod-9781848227385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}