DESK IN EXILE / Bauhaus Paperback 20 by Bauhaus Lab 2016, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau

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BAUHAUS PAPERBACK201923Walter Gropius1938

How can a heavy cherrywood desk tell a story of exile and migration? Designed as part of the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar, then moved to Dessau where it was integrated into a modern office culture, Walter Gropiuss desk has been in Lincoln, Massachusetts, since 1938, in the childrens room of the familys private residence. Looking through the lens of the object, the publication reflects the changing conditions of migration and settling in the modern age.