Media firm Highsnobiety and organisation Bauhaus-Archiv have collaborated on a group that features homeware, a clothes line, and an embossed Marcel Breuer D4 chair.
The collaboration celebrates the “shared German heritage” of Highsnobiety and Bauhaus-Archiv, as each are based mostly in Berlin, the place the latter oversees a museum and archive containing “the world’s largest Bauhaus assortment”.
It’s the second collaboration between the 2 and incorporates branded clothes, in addition to homeware starting from a espresso kettle to a D4 chair and ottoman initially designed by German designer Marcel Breuer and reissued by German producer Tecta.
“The Highsnobiety x Bauhaus-Archiv capsule assortment pays homage to the Bauhaus legacy by a considerate number of attire, each day dwelling objects, and homeware,” mentioned the workforce.
“Collectively, Highsnobiety and Bauhaus-Archiv are celebrating not solely the motion’s enduring influence on design but additionally their shared German heritage.”
A seminal creation by Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer, the D4 chair was created within the Nineteen Twenties and is characterised by its metal body and black belt backrest, armrest and seat.
For the Highsnobiety x Bauhaus-Archiv assortment, the piece was embossed with the phrases Neue Baukunst (New Constructing), which refers to a label given to the trendy structure of the Nineteen Twenties, throughout the entrance of its backrest and leather-based straps and buckles shut the again.
The chair, in addition to an accompanying stool, was made utilizing vegetable-tanned cow leather-based and a nickeled metal body.
A rounded facet desk can be a part of the gathering, which options the identical metal body because the chair.
Homeware items within the assortment embody a black Fellow espresso grinder, kettle, and water bottle, all of which function the collaboration’s Highsnobiety x Bauhaus-Archiv branding.
Clothes and accessories are additionally a part of the restricted launch and embody gadgets reminiscent of a knit sweater with a picture of the D4 printed chair throughout its entrance, a sweatshirt, a varsity jacket and t-shirts with numerous branding, and a big black tote.
In keeping with the workforce, the gathering’s imagery was captured on the Tautes Heim in Berlin, a small house and museum designed by architect Bruno Taut, which emphasises “the gathering’s dedication to genuine aesthetics of the Nineteen Twenties”.
“This mindset offered the inspiration for Bauhaus-Archiv x Highsnobiety capsule-collection.”
Not too long ago, an exhibit that featured Lucia Moholy’s images of the Bauhaus motion happened in Prague and furnishings model Knoll launched new colors of its Bauhaus-era designs.
The pictures is courtesy of Highsnobiety.
