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Trix & Robert Haussmann Lounge Set, Armchair

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  • Historical Design
  • circa 1970
  • Wood, Chrome-Plated Steel, Upholstery (Fabric: Dedar Adamo & Eva Mousse)

Trix and Robert Haussmann are a pair of architects and founders of the General Design Institute, Germany. They approached design with the intent to reinterpret traditional ornamental style. Their techniques focus on illusion, distortion, reflection, and play with scale. This set is composed of a sofa and two armchairs which follow the post-modern trend with their unique metal supports.

Artist Biography

Trix Haussmann is an architect and designer based in Zürich, Switzerland, and working with her husband Robert Haussmann (b. 1931). Born Trix Högl, she completed her architectural studies at the ETH Zürich under Werner Max Moser (1896-1970) and Jacques Schader (1917-2007) and became an associate professor of architecture at the ETH Zürich, where she was teaching until 2002.

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