PP/14/4/1a - Work of Isokon
Reference code
PP/14/4/1a
Level of description
Item
Title
Work of Isokon
Date/s
1974
Quantity & Format
10 pp Lectures
Personal name
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
Breuer, Marcel
Hayward, Edward
Riss, Egon
Morris, Henry, 1889-1961
Breuer, Marcel
Hayward, Edward
Riss, Egon
Morris, Henry, 1889-1961
Subject
Bauhaus
Open University
Isokon Penguin donkey bookcase
Isokon long chair
Plywood, in interior design
Open University
Isokon Penguin donkey bookcase
Isokon long chair
Plywood, in interior design
Creator
Pritchard, John Craven,
Scope and content
Broadcast by Jack Pritchard for the "A305 - The History of Architecture and Design 1890-1939 Open University Arts Faculty (Third level - Programme 30 - Radio Vision." Produced by Edward Hayward and recorded 25/6/74. Typed and dated 1/8/74. Jack Pritchard discusses the influence of Henry Morris, Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus, the use of plywood in design and the work of Marcel Breuer in designing the Isokon Long Chair, and Egon Riss in designing the Isokon Penguin Donkey.