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Article: The first couple of modern design; She worked in textiles, he in paint and glass, but Anni and Josef Albers shared a Bauhaus sensibility.(FEATURES)(ARTS)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 22, 2004
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Byline: Kim Campbell Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
NEW YORK -- Long before it was considered cool to create home decor from cast-off industrial products, design alchemists Josef and Anni Albers elevated the simplest materials to high status.
Glass, steel, wood, silk, and wool in their hands became pared-down chairs or textured wall hangings. And this was in the early 20th century - decades before home-design stores like IKEA, Crate & Barrel, and Pottery Barn promised homeowners a completely designed environment.
The couple met in 1922 as students at Germany's now-famous Bauhaus school. Their teachers included artists Wassily ...