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)

The Christian Science Monitor | October 22, 2004 | Copyright

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 ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Sand mine near Freeport, Fla., whitens hurricane-damaged beaches.
Newspaper article from: Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) ; ...color particles from the finer, white ones. The now whiter sand next goes through another pressure...left is the acceptable shade of white. "It's kind of like a double...half of every load of off-color sand that goes into one of the machines...
The sand man cometh to Freeport, Fla.
Newspaper article from: Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) ; ...color particles from the finer, white ones. The now whiter sand next goes through another pressure...left is the acceptable shade of white. "It's kind of like a double...half of every load of off-color sand that goes into one of the machines...
George Sand's 'Nouvelles': Reflections, Perceptions and the Self.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review ; Gender in the Fiction of George Sand. By FRANCOISE MASSARDIER-KENNEY. Amsterdam...44. ISBN 90-420-0707-9. George Sand's 'Nouvelles': Reflections, Perceptions...of gender identity in relation to George Sand's life or her oeuvre. Francoise Massardier...
The right sand awaits your castle
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) ; ...In 30 years of constructing sand castles, I've built on the...depends on your location. The sand along much of the French Riviera...build good castles. The coral sands of the tropics don't stick...Learning how to handle the sand of each beach is part of the...color of the sand is ...
The sand experiment; ROCKY REVIEW; So far, the reaction isn't good to the new sand being used in tests at Nantasket Beach
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA ; ...to the unusual patch of sand on Nantasket Beach, near...contrasts with the gray-white beach. The colors of...are unhappy about the sand the contractor put down...caught unawares when the sand was placed at the Lewis...did not have any gray-white alternatives, but the...
Sand storm; Artist Vebjorn Sand has made heat in Norway with sharp words, outrageous plans and fascinating paintings of Antarctica that arrive in Minneapolis today.(VARIETY)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ; ...When Norwegian artist Vebjorn Sand, 32, declared on a television...teach traditional techniques. Sand's own landscape paintings...Norwegian notoriety. Today Sand's ambitious and unconventional...three months last winter. A white fabric tent, it consisted of...
FROM SAND, ART TAKES SHAPE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe ; ...bellowed across the shimmering white beach as 150 or so rubbernecking...yesterday, all 120 tons of sand had slipped through the hourglass...second annual three-day Master Sand Sculpting Competition was finished...from a sand pit, because the white stuff at Hampton Beach doesn...
Examining sand Reclamation Technology.
Magazine article from: Modern Casting ; ...reclaims 97% of its nobake sand, disposing only 3% dust. Reclaiming sand saves the company $4190.40...Contact: Jack Palmer or Lee White. System type: Mechanical...chamber and permits only loose sand and small lumps to feed into...
Magnificent sand seas of the West.
Magazine article from: Sunset ; ...grainy waves, seas of sand flow over parts of our...for miles over light, white, shifting sand. The...packed and a bit moister. Sand is usually firmer on the...shield you nfrom blowing sand. High-topped boots...gold at dawn, glaring white at midday, rosy at sunset...
Sand mining threatens stability of pipes carrying water supply. (mining operations causes erosion along the San Luis Rey River)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal ; Sand mining along the San Luis Rey...404 permit, said Elizabeth White, project manager of the San...must now have the permit, White said. But Fenton does not have...got the necessary forms from White, who said the company needed...

Find more facts and information related to the article "The first couple of modern design; She worked in ..."