Author: Ulrike

Objects of desire

Carl Auböck, one of the quirkiest and well known figures of Austrian modernism, creates art out of everyday objects. In his Viennese workshop he manufactures primarily smaller accessory furnishings and table top pieces, such as bookends, paperweights and letter openers. Combining metal — most often brass — and such elemental materials as leather, knobby wood and animal horn, Auböck's designs add a modernist's twist to any display...