Lily Rick, a German modernist designer, was born in June of 1885 and died in Berlin in June of 16, June of 1947 and February of 14. Ludwig mies van der rohe has been a business partner for more than ten years, and is the first woman to join a German factory. 1920, she was appointed as a member of the board of directors of wilkerson, Germany, becoming the first woman to help lead the German Craftsman Association. Her exhibition design has established a reputation in the field of German design.
From 1926 to 1939, she started a close working relationship with Miss, a German member of Wilcoxon. 1926, she moved from Frankfurt to Berlin to cooperate with Miss. Became an individual and professional partner of Miss, from 1925 to 1938 * * * 13 years before Miss immigrated to the United States. 1930 When Miss Van der Rohe became the principal of Bauhaus, Lily Reich joined Bauhaus and became one of the few female teachers in Bauhaus.
1929, Miss and Lily Rick designed the German Pavilion of the Barcelona World Expo together. However, due to Smith's minimalist style, the German Pavilion in Barcelona shows the typical characteristics of less is more, flowing space and comprehensive space. Miss Li didn't design furniture for the German Pavilion. But in order to give the Spanish king and queen who cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony a rest place, Miss and Lily Rick designed the Barcelona chair together. The design motivation of this chair comes from the "Courule Chair" used by ancient Roman nobles, so the design of Barcelona chairs is mainly hand-made, and this chair has never been cheap.
The president of Barcelona became famous in one fell swoop, but few people know the credit of Lily Rick. After World War II, she taught in Kuenster, but soon after, she resigned due to illness and died in Berlin on 1947.
Barcelona chairs have obtained short-term patents in Germany, Spain and the United States. During the period of 1930- 1950, Barcelona chairs were put into limited production in the United States and Europe. Lily Rick died in 1947, and Miss authorized Knoll, a large American office furniture company, to produce it in 1953.
Albert Pfeiffer, Knoll's vice president of design and management, pointed out, "It is worth noting that Miss did not successfully develop any contemporary furniture before or after cooperating with Reich." This is equivalent to clearing Lily Rick's name.