Living the Jugendstil way and only needing a new tin of mustache wax before Kaiser Wilhelm comes for the shooting. Imagery from a 1912 edition of “Jahrbücher,” an annual publication filled with design options of all kinds. Ceramics, dining rooms, front yards, etc. etc. It was published by Deutscher Werkbund which was founded in 1907. They directly influenced the Bauhaus school.

Die Durchgeistigung der Deutschen Arbeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Werkbundes 1912. (The Spiritualization of German Labor. Yearbook of the German Werkbund 1912). Front cover. Image 1. Published in Jena Germany by Eugen Diederichs. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/jahrbcher1912deutuoft/page/n6/mode/1up

Garage für two automobile. Haus F. in Agram. – Architekt: Matthias Feller, München. Page 6 of Die Durchgeistigung der Deutschen Arbeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Werkbundes 1912. Published in Jena Germany by Eugen Diederichs. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/jahrbcher1912deutuoft/page/6/mode/1up

Haus Hohenhof – Versenkt Garten. – Architekt: Henry Van de Velde Weimar. Page 26 of Die Durchgeistigung der Deutschen Arbeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Werkbundes 1912. Published in Jena Germany by Eugen Diederichs. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/jahrbcher1912deutuoft/page/26/mode/1up

Bar und Teeraum im Tennisklubhaus Chemnitz. – Architekt: Henry Van de Velde Weimar. Page 28 of Die Durchgeistigung der Deutschen Arbeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Werkbundes 1912. Published in Jena Germany by Eugen Diederichs. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/jahrbcher1912deutuoft/page/28/mode/1up

Herrenzimmer. – Walter Gropius, Berlin. Page 30 of Die Durchgeistigung der Deutschen Arbeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Werkbundes 1912. Published in Jena Germany by Eugen Diederichs. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/jahrbcher1912deutuoft/page/30/mode/1up

Ausstellungs-Hall. – Architekt: Karl Witzmann Wien. Page 32 of Die Durchgeistigung der Deutschen Arbeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Werkbundes 1912. Published in Jena Germany by Eugen Diederichs. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/jahrbcher1912deutuoft/page/32/mode/1up

Wohnzimmer Haus Schönstett Duisburg. – Entwurf: Hermann Muthesius Nikolassee. Page 35 of Die Durchgeistigung der Deutschen Arbeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Werkbundes 1912. Published in Jena Germany by Eugen Diederichs. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/jahrbcher1912deutuoft/page/35/mode/1up

Grabdenkmal. – Enwurf: O. Menzel, Dresden. Page 49 (upper image) of Die Durchgeistigung der Deutschen Arbeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Werkbundes 1912. Published in Jena Germany by Eugen Diederichs. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/jahrbcher1912deutuoft/page/49/mode/1up

Steinzeug. – Entwurf: Paul Wynard, Charlotte Krause Steinzeug – Werke Hohr – Grenzhausen. Page 62 of Die Durchgeistigung der Deutschen Arbeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Werkbundes 1912. Published in Jena Germany by Eugen Diederichs. Collections of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/jahrbcher1912deutuoft/page/62/mode/1up

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