Hans Bellmann (1911–1990) was a

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primarily active in the 1950s and 1960s. He designed furniture for companies such as

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and Horgen-Glarus.

Early career

He completed an apprenticeship as a draftsman and studied from 1931 to 1933 at the Bauhaus in

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and

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. He subsequently worked as an architect in the studio of Mies van der Rohe. In 1934 he returned to Switzerland and began working as a freelance architect. By 1946 he had developed a whole series of “Typenmöbel” (type furniture).

Notes

References

*Ruegg, Arthur, ed., ''Wege zur "Guten Form": Neun Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schweizer Produktgestaltung''. Basel: Birkhauser, 1 November 1995. *Sembach, Klaus Jurgen, ed., ''Contemporary Furniture: An International Review of Modern Furniture, 1950 to the Present.'' New York: Architectural Publishing Book Co., 1982.

External links

Official site
* http://www.architonic.com/mus/8101258/1 Swiss furniture designers Bauhaus alumni 1911 births 1990 deaths Swiss architects {{Switzerland-artist-stub