The document discusses the Deutscher Werkbund, a German association of artists, architects, designers and industrialists founded in 1907 to improve design quality and standards. It mentions key figures like Peter Behrens, Bruno Taut, Henry van de Velde, and Walter Gropius. It provides examples of their industrial designs for AEG and buildings like the Fagus shoe last factory and original Bauhaus building in Dessau that helped establish modern design principles.

1. DEUTSCHER WERKBUND
1907
PETER BEHRENS
BRUNO TAUT
HENRY VAN DE VELDE
WALTER GROPIUS

2. Peter Behrens
BEHERENS: Fabbrica AEG Turbinefabrik (Berlino 1908)

8. volt metre

9. ash tray for
"AEG Abtlg.
Porzellan"
industrial clock
Product Design

10. coffee machine

11. electric water kettle

12. Teatro per l’Esposizione del Werkbund a Colonia,
1914
Henry Van de Velde

13. WALTER GROPIUS
E LA BAUHAUS
Walter Gropius - Adolf Meyer Officine Fagus
(Alfred an der Leine 1911)

14. La sede del Bauhaus a Dessau

22. Bauhaus Signet