complete creative freedom

In 1935 Wagenfeld accepted the position of art director at the United Lausitzer Glass Works in German’s Weisswasser, working there until 1947. Later, in a letter to Walter Gropius, he described this job as the best of his life, saying he’d never enjoyed such total creative freedom. Among his most famous objects created during this period is the stackable Kubus set of storage containers.

Kubus stacking glass containers designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke, 1938. © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Kubus stacking glass containers designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld
Kubus stacking glass containers designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld

Kubus stacking glass containers designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke, 1938. © Jens Weyers. Photo: courtesy of Wilhelm Wagenfeld Stiftung.

Kubus stacking glass containers designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld

a “simple” industrial product has a clarity that is free from the desires and constraints of its creators. —wilhelm wagenfeld

WG 24 table lamps designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld. Three table lamps in a leather interior

WG 24 table lamps designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld in 1928 and re-editioned by Technolumen. © Technolumen.

 

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