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JOSEF HOFFMANN Bowl Austrian architect, interior designer and applied artist Josef Hoffmann studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna , Austria , under Art Nouveau architect Otto Wagner, whose theories of functional, modern architecture profoundly influenced his works, and in 1896 he joined his office. In 1898, he established his own practice in Vienna . In 1897, inspired by Mackintosh and the Glasgow School , he was one of the founding members with Gustav Klimt, of an association of revolutionary artists and architects, the Vienna Secession. In 1903, he founded the Wiener Werkstatte for decorative arts along with architects Koloman Moser and Joseph Maria Olbrich. They aspired to the renaissance of the arts and crafts and to bring more abstract and purer forms to the designs of buildings and furniture, glass and metalwork, following the concept of total work of art. Hoffman's works combined functionality and simplicity of craft production with refined and innovative ornamental details and geometric elements. He is an important precursor of the Modern Movement and Art Deco. In 1905, Hoffmann, Klimt and the Wiener Werkstätte artists, designed the Palais Stoclet, in Brussels , the Capital of Art Nouveau and city of Victor Horta . Hoffmann is one of the seminal figures in the modern decorative arts movement of the 20th century. Although his designs for the decorative arts were influenced by the British Arts & Craft movement, he embraced the advent of the industrial age and concentrated on abstract and geometric shapes in his work. Hoffmann is well-known for his work for manufacturers including J. & L. Lobmeyr, Augarten and Thonet. About the WIENER WERKSTATTE (1903-1932) Austrian company On 19th May, 1903 the Wiener Werkstätte (German for The "Vienna Workshop") was registered in Vienna as "Productivgenossenschaft von Kunsthandwerkern". The founders, JOSEF HOFFMÄNN and Koloman Moser, both members of the Vienna Secession wanted to provide an outlet for graduates from the Kunstgewerbeschule. The workshop was involved in jewellery making, the production of fabrics for dressmaking, the construction of furniture, ceramics and other art forms which could be incorporated into daily life. Hofmann incorporated these designs into his architectu... 
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