Walter Gropius: drawing of various teapots made of aluminium (1936)
Walter Gropius: drawing of various teapots made of aluminium (1936)
Between 1935 and 1936 Walter Gropius designed various goods for the London Aluminium Company, Ltd. His designs included trays, small tables, folding chairs and teapots. Gropius designed eight models of teapots made of aluminium, including jugs with cylindrical, spherical, egg-shaped and conical bodies, straight or curved spouts as well as eight different handles. The real sales hit, however, proved to be Gropius’ aluminium wastepaper basket.
In January 1936, Jack Pritchard appointed Walter Gropius as Controller of Design at his newly founded subsidiary Isokon, which produced and distributed furniture, utensils and accessories. The role involved selecting designers and assessing projects in terms of quality and production requirements. The architect Walter Gropius worked frequently as a designer. He had already designed the famous Gropius door handle in 1922 and had worked as an automobile designer for Adler from the late 1920s.
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