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born in Bremen, Germany

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Water jugs designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and their sketches

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Water jugs with sketches according to the design of Wilhelm Wagenfeld, 1940. Execution: Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke. Photo via Getty Images.

student at a drawing academy in Hanau

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WG 25 GL table lamp designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld. A white glass lamp with a brass tube
Bauhaus Lamp designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld. A white glass lamp with a brass tube

WG 25 GL table lamp designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld in 1925 and re-editioned by Technolumen. Material: nickel plated metal, opaque globe, clear glass base. © Technolumen. Tecnolumen.com

 

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Bauhaus Lamp designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld, 1924. Photo by Joachim Fliegner. Wilhelm Wagenfeld Stiftung, Bremen / © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016.

student at Bauhaus in Weimar

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director in the metal workshops of the Bauhaus in Weimar

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Sintrax, 3/4-Liter coffee maker. A coffee maker made of transparent glass with a black handle

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Sintrax, 3/4-Liter coffee maker, author: Gerhard Marcks / production: Jenaer Glaswerke Schott & Gen. / enhancement: Wilhelm Wagenfeld, around 1925. Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau / © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018.

worked for German glass factories

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wins the Golden Medal at the World Fair in Paris

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Vase of blue glass designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld

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Vase of blue glass designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke, 1936. © Pamono. Pamono.com

professor at the College of Fine Arts in Berlin

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Turmalin set of smoked glass vases designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld
Created with Sketch.

to be useful is to be beautiful. —wilhelm wagenfeld

Photo of young Wilhelm Wagenfeld smoking a pipe

Portrait of Wilhelm Wagenfeld, 1920–1925. Photo via Bauhaus 100.

 

bright start

At age 16 Wagenfeld began an apprenticeship in industrial drafting at the Koch & Bergfeld silverware factory in Bremen alongside studies at the Bremen School of Applied Arts. From 1919 to 1922 Wagenfeld studied at the Hanau Drawing Academy on a scholarship. All this training had a massive impact on the level of skill Wilhelm would achieve in his career.

Fat lean saucer designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld in 1924, re-editioned by Technolumen. Material: sterling silver 925/1000, ebony. © Technolumen. Tecnolumen.com

Fat lean saucer designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld
Created with Sketch.

i strive to create top quality items that are cheap enough for the poor and good enough for the rich. —wilhelm wagenfeld

Wilhelm Wagenfeld at work
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