Josef Hoffman and Design 9297

Early modernism brought to bear the philosophical question: What is to replace the old? The French style of Beaux-Arts had all but dominated most tasteful architecture with its heavy masonry, bountiful ornament, and blocky museum rooms filled with trinkets and heavy fabrics.

Josef Hoffman was an early proponent of shifting focus away from the literal and instead expressing human feeling through abstract geometries. His architecture was a foreshadowing of Frank Lloyd Wright. His angular buildings played upon notions of axis and direction, providing a space within which one could begin to appreciate modern art.

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Maharam has recreated one of Hoffman's unpublished textile works, Design 9297. Maharm's recreation is a satin weave with an elegant sheen and rich pure colors. The pattern is striking in its parabolic tear drop shapes and clarity of design.
 
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