Walter Maria Kersting
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Walter Maria Kersting was a German architect and industrial designer.
. With his students, Kersting designed the bakelite cabinet for the radio receiver, Volksempfänger
model VE 301, which was launched at the 1933 Berlin Radio Show and which, on account of its striking design and the number of units sold, would become an icon of the Nazi period. After the Second World War, he and his sons set up Kersting-Modellbauwerkstätten
GmbH, a motor manufacturing company in Waging am See, Upper Bavaria. In 1964 examples of his work were shown at ‘documenta III’, an exhibition of modern German art and design, in Kassel.
Career
In 1928, he published the Bilderbuch für Kaufleute, (‘Picture book for business people’) a publicity handbook containing examples of catalogues, posters and packaging designs which had been created by Kersting and his wife in a plain and functional style. From 1927 to 1932 he was Professor of Artistic and Technical Design at the Kölner WerkschulenKölner Werkschulen
The Kölner Werkschulen were a series of schools in Cologne training artists in visual arts, architecture and design from 1926 to 1971.- Directors :* 1879–1906: Friedrich Romberg, engineers* 1906–1910: Gustav Halmhuber, architect and painter...
. With his students, Kersting designed the bakelite cabinet for the radio receiver, Volksempfänger
Volksempfänger
The Volksempfänger was a range of radio receivers developed by engineer Otto Griessing at the request of Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels....
model VE 301, which was launched at the 1933 Berlin Radio Show and which, on account of its striking design and the number of units sold, would become an icon of the Nazi period. After the Second World War, he and his sons set up Kersting-Modellbauwerkstätten
Kersting-Modellbauwerkstätten
The Kersting-Modellbauwerstätten was a German motor manufacturer in Waging am See, Upper Bavaria. It was established in 1949 by the industrial designer and architect, Walter Maria Kersting and his sons Arno, Gerwald and Rainer. The company was initially involved with industrial design...
GmbH, a motor manufacturing company in Waging am See, Upper Bavaria. In 1964 examples of his work were shown at ‘documenta III’, an exhibition of modern German art and design, in Kassel.