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Poster: Der Unbekannte: Porcelain Figure

Cat. № POSTER-156 · Archive reference image

Design Objects № 156

Der Unbekannte: Porcelain Figure

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Archive note

A monochromatic porcelain figurine of an anonymous man in sunglasses and tailored suit, posed at a synthesizer keyboard beneath a floating rectangular void. Recovered from a 1960s German design catalog or museum exhibition, this artifact documents an imagined modernist sculpture series exploring the intersection of consumer culture, electronic music, and post-war anonymity. The text—'Der Unbekannte. Silikone aus Porzellan. Frühe 60er' (The Unknown. Silicone from Porcelain. Early 60s)—suggests a collector's edition of mass-produced art objects that were either never manufactured or swiftly forgotten. Appeals to historians of Bauhaus inheritance, speculative design, and lost Cold War cultural movements.

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Section
Design Objects
Style
Modernist sculpture photograph, monochromatic porcelain
Mood
austere, uncanny, suspended
Palette
cream, teal, gray

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german designbauhausporcelain figurinesynthesizeranonymity1960smodernismminimalistarchitectureconsumer culturemass productionarchive