Otti berger biography of alberta
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Patents on innovative textiles
Berger continued to teach part-time at Bauhaus Dessau school until it was closed down by the Nazis in October 1932. She then set up her own studio in Berlin.
Otti berger biography of alberta
Despite constant threats from the Nazis, she managed to complete assignments for the automobile, train and aircraft industries, most often with durable fabrics in artificial silk, wool and ramie with fibres that she often let float unbound over several weave threads to create structure and shine in the fabrics.
She created revolutionary light-reflecting and sound-absorbing textiles, which were used in architect Hans Scharoun's famous Villa Schminke (1933). The living room with large windows had curtains around the whole room, which gave a kind of tent effect and created a room within the room.
During this time, Berger also worked intensely to obtain a patent for the important inventions she had created in the textile field – a painstaking job in an otherwise anonymous textile industry. In Febru