A Piece of Schminke for Your Home!

german/czech
212 pages

The new TOPOMOMO book presents 30 buildings of the interwar period along the Saxon-Czech border. The influence of the art schools in Dessau, Prague and Wroclaw gave rise to a veritable "land of modern experiments" in the space between. The success stories of courageous owners and their architects led to a cross-border architectural heritage that holds a huge potential for today's rather rural region. Recommended for explorer types!

German/English
160 pages

The Modern View presents a total of 20 constructions built in the 1920s and 30s in Saxony. The book wants to tell the stories behind the buildings. It comes with an additional app that allows you to experience these stories illustrated by short video clips through your smartphone or tablet, making it an interactive art book that foregoes specialist jargon in favour of pictures. Find the app in your app store or use the link at www.dermoderneblick.de .

German/English
90 pages

Our latest publication on the Schminke House as paperback. It tells the story of the house, the commissioning family and the architect Hans Scharoun in German and English. Its numerous illustrations make it an ideal complement to a guided tour through the house.

german or english
328 pages

What was it like to grow up in a Modernist residence? Did these radical environments shape the way that children looked at architecture later in life? The oral history in this book paint a uniquely intimate portrait of Modernism. It offers a unique, private and often refreshing perspective on these icons of the avant-garde - also with the youngest daughter of the Schminke familiy. Absolutely wonderful!

German or English
80 pages

Mia and Lucas Rosenstein are excited to have been invited to their grandfather's birthday celebration in Chicago. While exploring his apartment, the kids discover an old suitcase full of peculiar articles. For each individual item, their grandfather shares another interesting story - with each one tying into the Rosenstein family history as well. All of them are part of the fascinating world of Bauhaus. Mia and Lucas's interest is sparked and together, they decide to visit the major Bauhaus sites of their home country.

With this delightfully illustrated book, kids and adults alike will not only encounter Germany's historic Bauhaus locations, they'll also be able to grasp the idea behind the movement.

german
112 pages

Hugo Häring was one of the few representatives of the “neues bauen” who dealt with the relationship between the “intellectual” and the “technical” human. In 1950/51 he built the house at Mettenberger Weg 17 in Biberach/Riß. The results of the detailed, architectural archaeological investigations of the "House Mettenberger Weg 17" are presented in this book in a particularly descriptive manner, also understandable for the interested layperson and appealing with plenty of pictures and drawings. It is looked at in its architectural and cultural-historical context.

German/English
222 pages

This volume invites you to a journey of discovery to very special vacation lodgings, whose architecture and interior design make the experience of traveling perfect. The book for design aficionados after a stay at the Schminke House.

English
312 pages

Placing emphasis on the international dissemination and reception of the Bauhaus, this book expresses the Bauhaus’ influence, philosophy, and history beyond Germany. The book offers a rare opportunity to explore the experimental, open-ended character of Modernism as well as its inherent role in reimagining the relationship between art and society.

German
157 pages

“Home and Workroom” - the Werkbund Association of Craftsmen Exhibition in Breslau (Wrocław). This bilingual publication (2014) presents the buildings of the large 1929 building exhibition with numerous original photographs and floor plans, and includes interviews with people who live in them today.