Wilhelm Kienzle
1886Born in Basel
1901-03Apprenticeship as a carpenter in Basel
1903-05Studies furniture design at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule, Basel
1914Collaborator of Professor Peter Berhens in Berlin
1914-16Interior designer with Valentin Witt in Munich
1916Return to Switzerland
1916-18Assistant in the interior design class at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich
1918-51Head teacher of the interior design department at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich
1925SWB stand at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels, Paris
1943Participates in the organisation of the SWB exhibition "Unsere Wohnung" in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich
1954Exhibition "Die gute Form" of the SWB in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich
1958Died in Zurich
1945Creations for Wohnhilfe. Interchangeable frames for Strub
1950Trigon game
1952Combinable children's tables for Horgen Glarus
1901-03Apprenticeship as a carpenter in Basel
1903-05Studies furniture design at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule, Basel
1914Collaborator of Professor Peter Berhens in Berlin
1914-16Interior designer with Valentin Witt in Munich
1916Return to Switzerland
1916-18Assistant in the interior design class at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich
1918-51Head teacher of the interior design department at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich
1925SWB stand at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels, Paris
1943Participates in the organisation of the SWB exhibition "Unsere Wohnung" in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich
1954Exhibition "Die gute Form" of the SWB in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich
1958Died in Zurich
Main creations
1934Dismantled library for Wohnbedarf1945Creations for Wohnhilfe. Interchangeable frames for Strub
1950Trigon game
1952Combinable children's tables for Horgen Glarus
On Sale
A "coup de coeur" of Swiss design. Wilhelm Kienzle's cactus watering can designed for the MEWA Blattmann factory...
Iconic shelve W. Kienzle. Designed in 1930 for Embru-Werke. Amounts is in steel plate and shelfs are in natural...
Early version of the famous side table designed by the swiss architect Wilhelm Kienzle. Removable top in extrude...
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A classic of Swiss design, the Servi-Tisch table by W. Kienzle, designed in 1950. Manufactured by the MEWA Blatt...
A classic of Swiss design, the aluminum tray trolley by W. Kienzle, designed in 1950. Manufactured by the MEWA B...
Iconic shelf by Wilhelm Kienzle. Designed in 1930 for Embru-Werke. Original pale yellow lacquered panel sliding...