Hans Bellmann

Hans Bellmann
Born	25 September 1911 Turgi
Died	Wiggwil
Occupation	Architect, designer
Website	http://www.hansbellmann.ch/

Hans Bellmann (1911–1990) was a Swiss furniture designer primarily active in the 1950s and 1960s. He designed furniture for companies such as Knoll and Horgen-Glarus.

Early career

He completed an apprenticeship as a draftsman and studied from 1931 to 1933 at the Bauhaus in Dessau and Berlin. He subsequently worked as an architect in the studio of Mies van der Rohe. In 1934 he returned to Switzerland and began working as a freelance architect. By 1946 he had developed a whole series of “Typenmöbel” (type furniture).

References

• Ruegg, Arthur, ed., Wege zur "Guten Form": Neun Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schweizer Produktgestaltung. Basel: Birkhauser, 1 November 1995.
• Sembach, Klaus Jurgen, ed., Contemporary Furniture: An International Review of Modern Furniture, 1950 to the Present. New York: Architectural Publishing Book Co., 1982.

External links

• Official site
• http://www.architonic.com/mus/8101258/1