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Möbelklassiker
von • by Peter Weidenhammer
weidenhammer@a-w-architekten.de

Peter Weidenhammer uses the technique of monotype printing

to challenge conventional ways of seeing. His works are

conceived as series—each sheet a unique piece, monochrome

in appearance yet accentuated with colour. “With rapid serial

impulses, I can fragment relationships and reassemble them in

ever-new ways,” explains the architect and artist. In his series

“Furniture Classics”, Weidenhammer focuses on iconic design
pieces from 1927 to 1980, such as Eileen Gray’s side table E 1027

or Toshiyuki Kita’s Wink armchair. Expanded with additional

designs, he presents them in a strikingly different way—not as

one would typically find them in museums, furniture stores or

on manufacturers’ websites. His monotypes create spaces for

interpretation, encouraging a fresh perception of design classics.

Weidenhammer draws on his many years of experience in

spatial design and exhibition curation. His fluid linework and

emphasis on surfaces are essential to his approach, lending his

works a dynamic and minimalist aesthetic. The serial structure

allows him to vary thematic motifs and combine them in playful

new ways. Reduced to eleven monotypes, the series focuses on

the essentials, deliberately avoiding an overload of variations. In

other series – such as “Künstlerwalzer” (Artists’ Waltz), “Reisen”

(Travels), or “Franz Kafka” – Weidenhammer also employs a

fragmented perspective to question habitual ways of seeing and

uncover new connections. “A clearly satisfied person settles for

eleven sheets—it’s not meant to be a calendar,” Weidenhammer

remarks with a wink.