Otti Berger Weaving for Modernist Architecture

Otti Berger Weaving for Modernist Architecture – A key member of the Bauhaus textile workshop, Otti Berger was also an entrepreneur in the frenetic Berlin of the 1930s. Working closely with New Objectivity architects such as Lilly Reich, Ludwig Hilberseimer and Hans Scharoun, she designed upholstery and wall tapestries, curtains and floor coverings, rethinking the relationship between form and function. To date, Otti Berger’s textile work has only been partially explored. This book is the first comprehensive study of her work, including her unpublished treatise on textiles and textile production methodology. Organized fabric by fabric, according to the use of each, this book offers an entirely new perspective on Otti Berger’s work, and underlines the artisanal and entrepreneurial side of her work.