JOSEF FRANK

JOSEF FRANK “The living room, where one can live and think freely, is neither attractive nor harmonic nor photogenic; it came about as the result of accidental events, which will never be finished, and by itself can absorb anything whatsoever to satisfy the owner’s varying expectations” Josef Frank was ridiculed at CIAM's Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart in 1927. He built two houses much like Mies' or Corbu's or Gropius' externally. But he filled them with kitsch, over-stuffed furniture covered in 'feminine' texiles and overtly sentimental furniture.  His unique take on Modernism drew on tradition, comfort and variety and his theory of Accidentalism promoted the use of both high and low culture in the same space, resulting in a sense of the house being a back-drop to life and its collection and composition of objects.  This is one of around 200 beautifully vibrant textiles designs he produced.