Peter Bahrens

In 1897 he was one of the founders of the Munich Vereinigte Werkstätten (United Workshops). Behrens formed a close friendship with Otto Eckmann and designed for "Pan".

His early career as a painter and graphic artist reveals him as an exponent of jugendstil artwork.

In 1899 he was invited to Darmstadt to join the artists' colony. In Darmstadt, Behrens

built his own house in which he designed every component, from structure down to cutlery. He designed the house specifically for the Darmstadt 1901 Exhibition. It incorporated both arts and crafts and jugendstil influences in an individualistic way that points to his later work. It received general praise, and was published in "Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration".

In 1902 Behrens designed the German entrance hall at the Turin Exhibition, with rectilinear furniture covered with leath

Since 1901 Behrens was a prolific designer of bookbinding’s, earthenware, glass, cutlery, and fabrics. In 1910 Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, and Le Corbusier all worked in his office. Gropius wrote of his influence in The New Architecture and the Bauhaus, "It was Behrens who first introduced me to logical and systematical co-ordination in the handling of architectural problems." In 1912 Behrens designed suites of cheap but sturdy furniture for the living room, bedroom, and kitchen of a worker's home. The furniture was in a style that was a combination of Biedermeier and Arts and Crafts in contrast to his earlier furniture, which was curvilinear. Around the First World War Behrens was deeply involved with the Deutshcer Werkbund. This importance has tended to overshadow his great gifts as a designer, however his industrial work for A.E.G. was common conversation and was reviewed almost too much.

His involvement there led to his appointment by Emil Rathenau in 1907 as architect and products designer for that firm. (Behrens kept the position until 1914.) He was one of the first architect-designers to be given such a large scope by a large industrial concern. He was in charge of graphics, factory building, workers' housing, and also industrial design. Where he designed light fixtures, fans, kettles, and other products. Also in 1907 Behrens, who was closely associated with Muthesius, became a founding member of th

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