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The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank
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The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank
New Exhibition Presents Josef Frank's Timeless Textile and Furniture Designs
SAN FRANCISCO — Austrian-born designer and architect Josef Frank (1885–1967) was a pioneer of Swedish Modern design. While many of his contemporaries took a severe approach to modernism, Frank emphasized comfort and informality, using bright, bold colors and floral patterns to produce whimsical designs inspired by nature.
The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank presents a remarkable array of textiles and furnishings that Frank produced throughout the course of his career, many of which remain in production today. The objects on exhibition include: Primavera, a pattern designed for his home furnishings business in Vienna in the 1920s; an asymmetrical nineteen-drawer cabinet-on-stand designed in 1938 for Svenskt Tenn, one of the foremost design centers in Sweden; and numerous New York-inspired patterns such as Green Birds and US Tree created during his stay in Manhattan in the 1940s.
Objects are exhibited courtesy of Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm, Sweden.
Images from the exhibition are available for download at http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/sfo_museum/about/press_resources/exh-josef_frank.html.
The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank is located pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall Departures Lobby, San Francisco International Airport. The exhibition is on view to all Airport visitors from April 2, 2011 to October 9, 2011. There is no charge to view the exhibition.
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