Josef Hoffmann’s long life spanned more than eight decades of which he spent at least six active as an artist. He lived and worked in five political systems and influenced hundreds of designers to the present day while always remaining true to his high creative standards. But who was this well-dressed man with a mustache and pince-nez?
The new
digi.STORY provides insights into the multifaceted life of the architect and designer.
The MAK.digiSTORY is part of the project ATCZ264 – JH Neu digital / JH Nově digitální and was cofinanced by EFRE funds from the European Union (INTERREG V-A Österreich – Tschechische Republik).
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EXPERIENCE JOSEF HOFFMANN BY LISTENING!
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guide.MAK.at you can find audios on the highlights of the exhibition for free and without download.
PUBLICATIONThe exhibition is accompanied by the publication
JOSEF HOFFMANN 1870–1956: Progress Through Beauty. The Guide to His Oeuvre, edited by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Matthias Boeckl, Rainald Franz, and Christian Witt-Dörring, with contributions by Matthias Boeckl, Elisabeth Boeckl-Klamper, Rainald Franz, Anette Freytag, Sebastian Hackenschmidt, Otto Kapfinger, Markus Kristan, Christopher Long, Klára Němečková, Andreas Nierhaus, Jan Norrman, Eva-Maria Orosz, Adrián Prieto Fernandez, Ursula Prokop, Lara Steinhäußer, Valerio Terraroli, Wolfgang Thillmann, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, and Christian Witt-Dörring. English, 448 pages with numerous color illustrations. MAK, Vienna/Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2021. Available at the MAK Design Shop and online at
MAKdesignshop.at for € 69.95.
![<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Porcelain set “Melon” [Melon] for the Augarten Porcelain Manufactory, 1931</div><div>© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen</div><div> </div></BODY>](/jart/prj3/mak-resp/images/cache/7736c128b45852df42e3e6b23079bec4/0x8114E29318AB59897B6FED7AE65A6311.jpeg)
![<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Upholstered chair from the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>](/jart/prj3/mak-resp/images/cache/4e584ac56737245fe44c562b4e5a9fbc/0xD8C09B48C883D93EDBE6F8102746FEF4.jpeg)
![<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Daybed from the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937</div><div>© Nathan Murrell/MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>](/jart/prj3/mak-resp/images/cache/43a88a96357740855f12b20d9824537c/0x94919089BB65F4EAA02E248C6DE0C561.jpeg)
![<BODY>Josef Hoffmann, Reconstruction of the <em>Boudoir d’une grande vedette</em> [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937<br />© MAK<br /><br /></BODY>](/jart/prj3/mak-resp/images/cache/8712a9b62440016a88c9b8b317d30a56/0x15B270830A22DBEA1EBF33FB25C800CE.jpeg)
![<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty </div><div>Reconstruction of the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star] </div><div>Paris World’s Fair, 1937 </div><div>Execution: Manfred Trummer, Johannes Ranacher, Glaserei Scharl, Johannes Falkeis, Marina Paric, Irina Huller, carpenter’s workshop of the MAK, Vienna, 2014 </div><div>MAK Exhibition Hall</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>](/jart/prj3/mak-resp/images/cache/b2f43587123f036c1fc9a02edf288e9d/0x606F182978CE6116DC40C8F92788F5B4.jpeg)
