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Design 306
About this product
Architonic ID: 1028085
Year of Launch: 2006
Concept
Design 306 is a bas-relief modification of Design 6 (1956) without the perforations for the passage of light. Its large-scale and sinuous vertical pattern suggests organic forms when seen straight on. But at different angles or when changed by light, other patterns emerge suggestive of sand dunes or river beds. All its patterns are sensual and soothing.
Specifications
Decor
Relief
Designers
Erwin Hauer
United States
Born 1926 in Austria, Hauer studied sculpture at Vienna's Academy of Applied Arts. In 1950 he began to explore perforated modular structures that lent themselves to architectural usage. In 1955, following some large-scale architectural installations in Austria, Hauer earned a Fulbright grant and did postgraduate work at the Rhode Island School of Design and Yale University. He continued to develop his patented designs along with the technology to produce them, and installed the modular, light-diffusing walls in buildings throughout the United States and seven other countries. At the invitation of Josef Albers, Hauer joined the Yale faculty in 1957 and taught there until 1990. He continues to work as an independent sculptor in Bethany, Connecticut. Following the 2004 publication of Erwin Hauer: Continua by Princeton Architectural Press, there was renewed interest in his designs. Currently, Hauer and his partners in Erwin Hauer Studios, LLC are regenerating his designs and adding new ones, using contemporary digital technology and production methods.
